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You aren't the only one. That being said, the markets they play in will probably end up bigger than you might expect. Plus, the competition is pretty bad. Stripe has a good number of people who have 20 iq points + more ambition when compared to the equivalent person working at a competitor.
> Stripe has a good number of people who have 20 iq points + more ambition when compared to the equivalent person working at a competitor. Lmao. Is that some kind of Poe's Law? Can't believe someone would say anything like this seriously.
I meant it seriously. Stripe is a payments company - it's not super exciting stuff. With few exceptions the competition are legacy providers which don't attract extremely smart, ambitious people. Just as some examples: Stripe have a good number of formerly high ranking google folks on the engineering side, a good number of former Goldman people etc on the finance side, and the Collisons are freakishly smart guys, especially for their age.