Fred Wilson: The Age Question (Why younger founders have an advantage)

Re:Fred Wilson: The Age Question (Why younger founders have ... by gyro_robo on Saturday June 16, 2007 @08:36PM (#28606)

The biggest advantage is enthusiasm. When I was younger I was excited about everything in the world of computers.

If I combined my experience and knowledge now with my enthusiasm from back then, I'd be an industry titan.

Nothing's really that interesting anymore, and when virtual reality gets good I'm locking myself in a room with my virtual girlfriend and staying there.

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Re:Fred Wilson: The Age Question (Why younger founders have ... by amichail on Saturday June 16, 2007 @08:44PM (#28608)

Computers were a big deal when I was in junior high. Learning assembly language was a status symbol.

Today students take computers for granted. Most students now can't program at all.

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Re:Fred Wilson: The Age Question (Why younger founders have ... by altay on Sunday June 17, 2007 @02:27AM (#28623)

Today students take computers for granted.

You say that like it's a bad thing. But it's really a good thing, for both the general population and also for those select few who do know how to program.

(Also, I'd bet that the percentage of students who can program is a lot higher now than it was when you were in junior high.)

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Re:Fred Wilson: The Age Question (Why younger founders have ... by amichail on Sunday June 17, 2007 @11:38AM (#28664)

I don't know about percentages, but I would bet that when I was in junior high, students who learned programming took it much more seriously than students who do today.

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Re:Fred Wilson: The Age Question (Why younger founders have ... by amichail on Sunday June 17, 2007 @11:50AM (#28667)

This is what students used to read in junior high/high school:

http://www.csbruce.com/~csbruce/cbm/transactor/

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Re:Fred Wilson: The Age Question (Why younger founders have ... by pg on Sunday June 17, 2007 @12:05PM (#28669)

Depends on when you were in junior high school:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creative_Computing

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Re:Fred Wilson: The Age Question (Why younger founders have ... by gyro_robo on Sunday June 17, 2007 @12:47AM (#28618)

I can hardly wait to shake my fist and yell at kids to stay the heck off my lawn!

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