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Mandatory military service with a military that has a high weight on technical warfare/superiority is an oft given reason. Another is network effect. The same
by dagmx 3y ago
Mandatory military service with a military that has a high weight on technical warfare/superiority is an oft given reason.
Another is network effect. The same way that Silicon Valley has a lot of very successful startups. Once you have a few in a region, it creates a knock on effect.
It inspires people to follow suite. It means there’s more money being pushed around in that area. It means there’s more people looking at developments in that area. Often someone may be lower down in one successful startup and then leave to make their own with the experience of how to do it.
- shmatt 3y agoI haven't researched deeply but there are plenty of Israeli startup exits with executives coming from combat, non tech units. Usually elite combat units that are harder to get in to. There is something to be said about spending 18-21 in the military, there is pretty much 0 partying during college (that is done during military vacations + the gap year between military and college). By the time you've finished your Bachelors degree you're 25-26 and ready to settle down. You hit your full time job life 6-8 years after high school. Its a very different mindset I look at the 22 year olds moving to NYC after college for their first job, and there is such a huge difference in what they're looking for in their day to day lives. Their job is probably the last thing they are about