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I agree with what you're saying. I didn't mean to deride him at all. I was deriding the meme that is being promoted in the press that makes it sounds like some
by plg 13y ago
I agree with what you're saying.
I didn't mean to deride him at all. I was deriding the meme that is being promoted in the press that makes it sounds like someone with nothing suddenly created and released an app that suddenly sold for 19B.
His story is absolutely to be applauded. If he was on food stamps as a kid then indeed he "had nothing". For me the great success of his story is that initial bit nobody is talking about, going from a kid on food stamps, to an engineer at Yahoo. That is the amazing story I wish we would be talking about more. That's the story that real, everyday kids could actually have a hope of duplicating. Not the 19B sale to Zuck.
He didn't go from nothing -> 19B. He went from nothing -> Yahoo -> 19B...
The better story to tell is that he went from nothing -> Yahoo
- leothekim 13y agoThanks for clarifying, plg.
- boomzilla 13y agoI definitely agree that the story from nothing to Yahoo has a lot more educational value, and that should be the story to tell your kids as it is something actionable and achievable through hard work. The step from Yahoo to 19B, sadly, is more catchy for the newspapers because it's a "rare event". People don't really want to read about the "boring" stories, they want the dreams. It's human natures though. Which one do you think your kids like better: fairy tales/feel good movies or home works?