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If we're talking about entrepreneurship and not pure CS, which is more Stanford-like anyways.

So, I used to go to Penn and now I go to one of the schools on that list. As far as I can tell, Penn CS students are better prepared to start companies, and probably as well prepar…

"the University of Pennsylvania is quickly becoming the Stanford of the East" Seems reasonable.

You're missing out! Go to PennApps and do your homework :P

DRAMA. Also, nice post!

The point is not at all that PennApps is more popular than Justin Bieber. The point is that, for a certain demographic, hackathons are getting crazy popular. There are a lot of thi…

I don't know how well it would work for commercial things, but for personal payments between people you know, Venmo is awesome. https://venmo.com/ (Still U.S. only though.)

He's also a genuinely nice guy. A triple threat, if you will. ;)

Charge individuals for personal analytics and... ??? http://www.twittertakemymoney.com/

Hah, well, I was surprised to get even FOUR upvotes. Good to know, I guess...? Anyways, I had meant to bring up HN as more of an example of a bubble--both because it has an exclusi…

#5 needed to come sooner. Otherwise, I really enjoyed this--clever angle!

The next time I write my boilerplate bio, I'm totally going to use that line. Just kidding. (Can people on HN read sarcasm? I never know.)

I don't think being an asshole is inherent to either men or women. Similarly, both men and women are capable of being kind. You might want to try it some time--it's not so bad!

Thanks for the links. I agree, privilege might be a better term.

Unfortunately people often choose careers when they still care what their peers think.

(:

This is a really inspiring attitude. I know what you're talking about--I often feel this way myself. The difference is that while this is inspiring, having people put you down or c…

Hmm, maybe. I guess I meant more that bad behavior is more acceptable in tech because people are "socially awkward"--when, really, it doesn't matter WHY people are exclusive becaus…

I'll definitely check that out, thanks!