On: Max Levchin: "The last time I got kids to drop out of college, they all bought houses for cash."

[Alex3917]

Getting college students to drop out of school isn't difficult.

After all, the less valuable your time, the lower your opportunity cost.

[jmtame → Alex3917]

No, getting them to drop out is easy.

However, convincing them they should take a lower salary with you, instead of working for Google, becomes an issue.

I'm walking away from a startup right now because they don't understand they have a lot of competition. 1) other companies, 2) myself. I'm going to startup on my own because the terms are terrible at my current startup.

[Alex3917 → jmtame]

Except for that Google wouldn't actually them without a 3.7 and a degree.

/Those who don't understand the Google hiring "algorithm" are doomed to re-implement it.