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Re:The Pmarca Guide to Career Planning, Part 2: Skills and E... by mnemonicsloth on Monday October 01, 2007 @08:17PM (#61844)
I think this is software-centric thinking.

If you look at hardware, you really need a Ph.D. to make a serious contribution to theory, and a lot of important founders (Intel springs to mind) had doctorates.

Re:The Pmarca Guide to Career Planning, Part 2: Skills and E... by jey on Wednesday October 03, 2007 @02:07PM (#62681)
[Off Topic]: mnemonicsloth, please put your email address or some contact info in your news.yc profile, if you don't mind. Or shoot me an email.