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Re:Request for Education Startups by KGIII on Monday September 25, 2017 @09:52PM (#15335582)
Do those folks really count as traditional credentials?

Google founders suspended their Ph.D. programs.

Bezos has a BS.

Gates dropped out.

Zuckerberg dropped out.

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Re:Request for Education Startups by sannee on Tuesday September 26, 2017 @03:10AM (#15336778)
> Gates dropped out.

> Zuckerberg dropped out.

Both of them managed to get into Harvard, which is an academic achievement in itself though.

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Re:Request for Education Startups by wellboy on Tuesday September 26, 2017 @08:34AM (#15338043)
Not as much really as it is about who you know.
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Re:Request for Education Startups by untilHellbanned on Tuesday September 26, 2017 @03:55AM (#15336943)
Yes they are a signal at the key initiating step.
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