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> You probably haven’t gone to Stanford and MIT Ahh right, we must be all dumbasses then. One day I was watching a presentation about programming languages. I

> You probably haven’t gone to Stanford and MIT Ahh right, we must be all dumbasses then. One day I was watching a presentation about programming languages. I thought it was for high schoolers, although the teacher seemed to be exceedingly good, he was talking in a style which assumed approx the same amount of IT knowledge my non-programmer high school 3rd grader little brother has. It was a Stanford class.

danmaz74 13y ago
If the OP is right in implying that US venture capitalists value very much coming from an Ivy League education, then it's the VCs you should be angry with, not him... On the other hand, I can guess that being an Ivy Leaguer has a positive correlation with having good connections - independently from the quality of an education there.
- rhizome 13y ago
  Some say the connections are the main benefit of going to an Ivy, much like participating in the Greek system, getting an MBA, etc.
  - danmaz74 13y ago
    The Internet offers great opportunities to create connections without the need of a physical presence. There lies a great opportunity to disrupt a system that isn't very efficient at all.
    - rhizome 13y ago
      I didn't mean to imply that it was the only way to to create connections, just those of a certain type (and among a membership of certain power structures). The Internet is indeed creating alternative methods of networking and business relationships, but it remains to be seen whether the opportunity gathers enough power to disrupt to an appreciable (historically significant, to me) amount. A bunch of Yale and CMU people at the tops of Internet companies isn't much of a change, after all.
      - danmaz74 13y ago
        I completely agreed with you (but upvotes are anonymous... ;) and didn't think you implied that - I just wanted to add that the Internet could represent a great opportunity to disrupt the exclusivity of certain mechanisms - even if that's not easy, and not the case yet.
- friendly_chap 13y ago
  I am not angry at anyone at this very moment, thanks.

danmaz74 13y ago

If the OP is right in implying that US venture capitalists value very much coming from an Ivy League education, then it's the VCs you should be angry with, not him... On the other hand, I can guess that being an Ivy Leaguer has a positive correlation with having good connections - independently from the quality of an education there.

rhizome 13y ago
Some say the connections are the main benefit of going to an Ivy, much like participating in the Greek system, getting an MBA, etc.
- danmaz74 13y ago
  The Internet offers great opportunities to create connections without the need of a physical presence. There lies a great opportunity to disrupt a system that isn't very efficient at all.
  - rhizome 13y ago
    I didn't mean to imply that it was the only way to to create connections, just those of a certain type (and among a membership of certain power structures). The Internet is indeed creating alternative methods of networking and business relationships, but it remains to be seen whether the opportunity gathers enough power to disrupt to an appreciable (historically significant, to me) amount. A bunch of Yale and CMU people at the tops of Internet companies isn't much of a change, after all.
    - danmaz74 13y ago
      I completely agreed with you (but upvotes are anonymous... ;) and didn't think you implied that - I just wanted to add that the Internet could represent a great opportunity to disrupt the exclusivity of certain mechanisms - even if that's not easy, and not the case yet.
friendly_chap 13y ago
I am not angry at anyone at this very moment, thanks.