>Connections are dramatically overrated. [...] From my year at a YC startup, I made more valuable (and warm) connections than I have ever made in college Congr

>Connections are dramatically overrated. [...] From my year at a YC startup, I made more valuable (and warm) connections than I have ever made in college Congrats on making it into YC. Yes, it's probably better than college for profitable connections. For most people, however, being admitted to college is a safer bet than YC. I don't think Steve Jobs is a realistic model for the average person either. It was just a (side) example of how taking "fun" classes can sometimes turn out to be more profitable than an entirely mercenary course of study. And I don't see which of my three arguments were against a straw man. Care to elaborate? >Most students at top-tier colleges do not really care to "learn to learn." I didn't say they cared to, but that they had to. When you work, the short-term pressure is to specialize - learn a subfield and learn it very well.