I already regret not learning serious hacking in high school and university.
I got lots of A's (and B's), mind you, and I did work on projects of my own and everything, but I really saw it as just a hobby. I was always on windows, mostly dependent an IDEs, and I always thought I gotta be doing something more serious, like gasp oil and gas.
Good thing I'm still 25.
But I really feel like I should've started thinking about doing a startup when I was 18 or 20.
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Relevant: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwG_qR6XmDQ
Rumor is that the "boss" was actually David E. Shaw himself.
I already regret not learning serious hacking in high school and university.
I got lots of A's (and B's), mind you, and I did work on projects of my own and everything, but I really saw it as just a hobby. I was always on windows, mostly dependent an IDEs, and I always thought I gotta be doing something more serious, like gasp oil and gas.
Good thing I'm still 25.
But I really feel like I should've started thinking about doing a startup when I was 18 or 20.
I am 41 with a product to be launched soon. It is never too late.
It's not a rumor, Jeff Bezos did indeed work at D.E. Shaw & Co. So did quite a few well known people in technology.