Risk has never been cheaper, yet commitment has never been harder. On the Thiel Fellowship, the dizziness of freedom, and Silicon Valley accidentally making risk free.
Thisss: "the vertigo of standing above the abyss of possibility, knowing that the moment you choose, you murder every other version of yourself." Struck a deep chord. Thank you for this raw beautifully honest and truly also a real fun read 📚👏✨️
diametrically opposite is the international student's experience of this gold rush. brilliant, hungry, eager to work to the bone. a few years earlier, the rewards of coming to the US (and going to a top b-school) seemed to be on the horizon, if not completely visible. of late, the catapult to the US, where all of innovation ostensibly is - seems to tie one into an irreversible position of taking on immense debt and being doubly unsure about their ability to pay it off. the same optionality which gives the local high rewards for seemingly low risk makes it low rewards for a much higher risk because the international's safest path of attending a top school is now undermined (and ofc the visa stuff). crazy.
All this for the privilege of joining a rent-seeker that makes everything 10% more expensive, or founding a rent-seeker that eventually makes everything 10% more expensive.
I fear that you killed it with this one
Thank you 😭
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Thisss: "the vertigo of standing above the abyss of possibility, knowing that the moment you choose, you murder every other version of yourself." Struck a deep chord. Thank you for this raw beautifully honest and truly also a real fun read 📚👏✨️
diametrically opposite is the international student's experience of this gold rush. brilliant, hungry, eager to work to the bone. a few years earlier, the rewards of coming to the US (and going to a top b-school) seemed to be on the horizon, if not completely visible. of late, the catapult to the US, where all of innovation ostensibly is - seems to tie one into an irreversible position of taking on immense debt and being doubly unsure about their ability to pay it off. the same optionality which gives the local high rewards for seemingly low risk makes it low rewards for a much higher risk because the international's safest path of attending a top school is now undermined (and ofc the visa stuff). crazy.
Couldn't agree more. Being employed by someone else is perhaps one of the riskiest thing one can do - your destiny is no longer in your own hands.
This makes me reminisce to the inner ring chasing days when I was in MBA 😂 good stuff!
lol, I love how the poll result is overwhelmingly: just take the $$$ 😅
ABUNDANTLY clear what everyone’s optimizing for
😆 nice. I walked into that one ...
All this for the privilege of joining a rent-seeker that makes everything 10% more expensive, or founding a rent-seeker that eventually makes everything 10% more expensive.