Advice for ambitious 19 year olds

Re:Advice for ambitious 19 year olds by rgbrenner on Monday June 24, 2013 @03:18PM (#5935038)

What you said... plus:

"I just watched someone turn down one of these breakout companies ... that was a terrible decision"

What is this company? How does he know that it's a breakout company? Is he able to tell the future? Because there's an EXCELLENT chance it's not a breakout company. There's an excellent chance it WILL go bankrupt.

Microsoft + 30k more.. or a startup that has a fantastic chance of failing.

Anyone who chooses Microsoft over a startup, I completely understand.

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Re:Advice for ambitious 19 year olds by emiliobumachar on Monday June 24, 2013 @08:14PM (#5936615)

"What is this company?" is a very good question. I speculate whether the writer left this information out on purpose, to mitigate the risk of looking silly if the company goes bust next week.

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Re:Advice for ambitious 19 year olds by argonaut on Tuesday June 25, 2013 @01:39AM (#5937743)

Please stop wildly ascribing negative intentions. Even if you think Sam is talking out of his ass, matching him does not improve your situation.

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