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I work for the Internet, at @stripe, mostly on accelerating startups. Opinions here are my own.

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    Patrick McKenzie‏ @patio11 11 Apr 2019
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    This is also the advice that I would give, which somewhat surprises me. I’d also probably tell them to aggressively curate new SFBA peer group because one can find crabs who hate crabs leaving the bucket in every city but that is increasingly becoming a popular hobby, w/ meetups.https://twitter.com/eugenewei/status/1116540982017892352 …

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    Eugene Wei @eugenewei
    Despite all the things I hate about SF, if an ultra ambitious kid asked me where to go, I’d still have them spend some time in the Bay Area because it’s a place that will amplify that ambition like no other. https://twitter.com/kevinakwok/status/1116441683749507072 …
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      2. Patrick McKenzie‏ @patio11 11 Apr 2019
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        Replying to @DenisTrailin

        I think one can, as uncredentialed young person with substantially no asset other than a gleam in your eye, say “I intend to start a bank” or “I intend to make a dent on international shipping” and almost immediately talk to people who work on those and will take you seriously.

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      2. Jeremias Kangas‏ @kangasbros 11 Apr 2019
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        If a kid is already ambitious, is it a good thing to amplify that ambition even more? What I regret on my past is that I focused too much on business and too little on hobbies and other activities.

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      3. Patrick McKenzie‏ @patio11 11 Apr 2019
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        Replying to @kangasbros

        I think I would probably have been described as ambitious by standards of my peer set growing up and it is very non-obvious to me that being 100X more ambitious 15 years ago would have required compromising on any of my values. (Channeling the ambition also very useful.)

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      2. Sashank Gondala‏ @sgondala2 11 Apr 2019
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        You neither meet such people nor have an amplifying environment on a day to day basis unless you work at a VC firm. What can people working as regular software engineers do to find such ambitious people and environments?

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      3. Patrick McKenzie‏ @patio11 12 Apr 2019
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        Replying to @sgondala2

        They use the same Twitter, HN, tech meetups etc that everyone else does; make friends there and then break bread like friends do.

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      1. Kevin Riggle‏ @kevinriggle 11 Apr 2019
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        Replying to @patio11

        Was talking with a friend and fellow MIT alum this afternoon and had the ~ same reaction. Sure, it’s still (at 10+years remove) the hardest thing I’ve ever done, but if I hadn’t done it I’d be working for the local paint company so

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      1. Jacob Ruiz‏ @JacobRuizDesign 12 Apr 2019
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        There’s a certain flavor of optimism there I haven’t seen anywhere else. Plenty of downsides, but so good to experience that mindset, esp early in a career.

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      1. Nick Fisher‏ @NickFisherAU 12 Apr 2019
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        What's the problem with SF meetup?

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