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A comment on I Am Sam Altman, President of YC Group. AMA.

Re:I Am Sam Altman, President of YC Group. AMA by nabiha_zahra on Tuesday September 27, 2016 @06:38PM (#12593812)
Let's say someone is a fresh college dropout and wants to focus on learning programming and start a startup, and apply to YC Summer 2017 in March. What advice do you have on how to go about that?
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Re:I Am Sam Altman, President of YC Group. AMA by sama on Tuesday September 27, 2016 @06:44PM (#12593864)
Well, my biggest piece advice is not to do a startup unless you have a particular idea you really think needs to happen.

But if you want an answer other than that:

Start learning programming tonight. There are a lot of tools online, and it takes awhile. While you're doing that, start making an active effort to notice problems in the world.

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