Comment by benrapscallion
13 years ago
it's weird how the founders' background is all about "dropped out from here" and "dropped out from there". Is dropping out an achievement?
13 years ago
it's weird how the founders' background is all about "dropped out from here" and "dropped out from there". Is dropping out an achievement?
It's always been a gamble. If you achieve even a modicum of success or notoriety, your "drop out" status becomes incredibly valuable. You're a trailblazer, a rebel who blew past convention on her way to glory.
If you fail, you're an arrogant idiot who thought she was too cool for school.
What's fascinating about Holmes is that she's a drop out in the biotech/health care realm. This has long been considered a protected area, one where heavy education is a must, as lives are on the line. Founders are expected to be PhDs or MDs with decades of research and/or clinical experience.
Holmes has a decade of experience, and no degree. This is going to be a lot of fun to watch.
It sounds like she dropped out in 2003 to work "in biotech" so she's probably working on this for the past decade. That she's gotten to this stage is pretty impressive - considering the board, plus the "careers" page and the type of folks they're looking for right now looks like they're off and running
Interestingly some of their jobs for software engineers require "B.S. degree […] one of the World's Top 50 ranked Technical Universities". Other jobs like the Android position require a BS degree. It seems a little odd to require a degree after deciding you don't need one yourself.
idk, but it appears like it really is and most importantly it is very important to know where someone is coming from. Finding a high profile company/institution and dropping out, because you can do better without them shows ego and attribution. Most billionaires dropped out and became billionaires then.