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That quote was the highlight of the class :) He's not only playing the audience-- In an earlier class (class 3 or so), Peter Thiel justified his views on Stanfo
by karpathy 14y ago
That quote was the highlight of the class :)
He's not only playing the audience-- In an earlier class (class 3 or so), Peter Thiel justified his views on Stanford vs. Berkeley based on their track record with creating successful companies. Maybe someone can find the exact quote, but he said that between the two, vast majority of successful companies start at Stanford and that he's only aware of 1 or 2 that started out at Berkeley.
- rhizome 14y agoYet Craigslist is filled with "idea guy" ads touting Stanford pedigrees much (much!) more often than Cal.
- egillie 14y agoI think those are the B-school people...but point taken
- jmduke 14y agoWith the (rather large) caveat, of course, that the academic caliber of a school isn't dictated by the number of entrepreneurs it produces.
- dm8 14y agoSuccessful startups is not the best signal to judge overall quality of academic institution. Stanford became synonymous with dot com era due to successes like Google and Yahoo. However, Berkeley (along with MIT) was epicenter of open source movement in sixties and seventies. Things like BSD, Sendmail etc. started on Cal's campus. I've heard one joke on Cal's campus - "Stanford creates companies, Cal creates industries".
- anamax 14y ago> I've heard one joke on Cal's campus - "Stanford creates companies, Cal creates industries". The Stanford equivalent is "Stanford produces CEOs, Berkeley produces VP-Engr". Which one would trade places with the other?