Forbes 30 under 30 in 2012 • Hacker News Board

Re: Forbes 30 under 30 in 2012

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Post by sunsu » Mon, Dec 17, 2012, 9:07 PM UTC

Congrats to Darian! Radius is doing some amazing things!

Re: Forbes 30 under 30 in 2012

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Post by untog » Mon, Dec 17, 2012, 9:07 PM UTC

tedunangst wrote: post #10

mnicole wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It seems odd to me that they highlighted Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, Justin Bieber, etc. under Music when there are plenty of successful internet-/self-created acts that are much more impressive in talent and ability to market. Seems unfair to people who don't have millions of dollars and dozens of handlers. When I think 30 Under 30, I think people I don't know that are pushing the industry forward, not people that are sh…

Who do you think marketed lady gaga before she had dozens of handlers?

Very true, but doesn't that mean she belongs on the 30 under 30 list a few years ago, not 2012?

Re: Forbes 30 under 30 in 2012

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Post by sprash » Mon, Dec 17, 2012, 9:08 PM UTC

Mostly kids of rich fucks... go figure.

Re: Forbes 30 under 30 in 2012

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Post by pg » Mon, Dec 17, 2012, 9:10 PM UTC

pg wrote: post #2

I can fit it in an HN comment: Congratulations Nate, Adora, Aaron, Patrick, John, Dave, Eric, Adam, Steve, Danny, Robby, Victor, Matt, Drew, Arash, Alex, Boris, Alexis, Joshua, Blake, David, Zach, Dan, Kate, Seth, Ben, Anand, Philipp, and Prayag!

Yipes, I missed an entire category: Congratulations Suhail, John, Apoorva, Matt, Mazy, Ben, and Emmett too!

Re: Forbes 30 under 30 in 2012

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Post by trotsky » Mon, Dec 17, 2012, 9:17 PM UTC

cwe wrote: post #19

Is there an actual list of only 30 names? Trying to read through this, I see 30 in each category. I guess "450 under 30" doesn't have the same ring.

There are actually 40 names in just the tech category. Talk about completely unwilling to stick to the format.

Re: Forbes 30 under 30 in 2012

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Post by Impatient » Mon, Dec 17, 2012, 9:29 PM UTC

Does anyone under 30 (or 40, for that matter) read Forbes?

Re: Forbes 30 under 30 in 2012

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Post by jedberg » Mon, Dec 17, 2012, 9:29 PM UTC

I tweeted it, but I think I'll repeat it here: Proud to know and have worked with more than a few folks on Forbes' 30 under 30. Congrats to all of them!

Re: Forbes 30 under 30 in 2012

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Post by robryan » Mon, Dec 17, 2012, 9:33 PM UTC

I am skeptical on these lists, how many tech people are they actually aware of to choose the list, would surprise me if it was chosen from a pool of less than 100 possible people.

Also as I have seen in the past from these lists they use money raised as a metric for achievement/ success.

Re: Forbes 30 under 30 in 2012

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Post by HorizonXP » Mon, Dec 17, 2012, 9:34 PM UTC

sprash wrote: post #23

Mostly kids of rich fucks... go figure.

I can assure you, one of my good friends is on that list, and he is far from being a child of some rich fuck.

Temper your attitude, this is a significant accomplishment for these people. There's no need to be malicious against them for their success.

Re: Forbes 30 under 30 in 2012

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Post by HorizonXP » Mon, Dec 17, 2012, 9:35 PM UTC

kayoone wrote: post #20

Matt_Mickiewicz wrote: post #16

Nice to see so many familiar names on the Tech 30 under 30 list, congrats to Dan Siroker from Optimizely, Anthony from Kaggle and Darian. (Disclosure: I was on the list last year).

that disclosure sounds like bragging, sorry

And what's wrong with that?

People can't be happy with their accomplishments?