Comment by asdfman123
6 years ago
He met Peter Thiel before he got so famous.
It's important to be in an industry that's about to blow up. Getting access to future billionaires is much easier than access to current ones.
I agree with the sentiment that you can do a lot more in smaller companies, which is why I work at one that doesn't happen to be a startup. However, thus far I've received no $200 million checks.
Working in Silicon Valley might have felt like fighting the status quo a few years back, but right now, to me, an outsider, it feels a whole lot like the status quo.
With respect to the author, I do not believe this is legitimate life advice but instead is mostly humblebragging.
I think quite a few people on here think this.
Funny enough - I'm pretty sure the article would have garnered a lot of criticism if it were authored by someone else.