Very uninspiring story. - Successful parents from NYC that have their own Wikipedia page. - Worked on Wall Street. - Educated at Yale. The list goes on..... How many people can relate to that much privilege?
Anne Wojcicki on How to Build the Future
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#42I can't believe what she says : can one non-doctor person be in charge of its cancer treatment (she says "be in control" in the 6 first minutes) ? Last time I read about immune system/genetics it was super complex and required a ton of background. I would definitely not want to be in control on my treatment. The best I can do is double check some facts on a few forums, have a general feeling about who takes care of m…
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#43I don't understand the bias against working on Wall Street. In fact, Wall Street is much more fun than a generic office park in Silicon Valley.
Wall Street is all about money, pursuit of money as a form of power, manipulation of money as an intellectual game abstracted away from its effects on the real world - or so goes the image of "Wall Street" as it exists in terms of having a bias against working there, or in businesses which have a similar mindset. Personally, it sounds unbearable, since money is just about the most boring topic I can imagine, done to…
Re: Anne Wojcicki on How to Build the Future
#44Very uninspiring story. - Successful parents from NYC that have their own Wikipedia page. - Worked on Wall Street. - Educated at Yale. The list goes on..... How many people can relate to that much privilege?
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#45I don't understand the bias against working on Wall Street. In fact, Wall Street is much more fun than a generic office park in Silicon Valley.
Re: Anne Wojcicki on How to Build the Future
#46I don't understand the bias against working on Wall Street. In fact, Wall Street is much more fun than a generic office park in Silicon Valley.
You also have a greater chance of making significantly more than your startup equity would ever be worth. Disclosure: Left tech for Wall Street
Avoid.
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#47Earlier quoted context omitted.
You also have a greater chance of making significantly more than your startup equity would ever be worth. Disclosure: Left tech for Wall Street
You also have a greater chance of being significantly screwed over if your core skill is technology and not playing the politics. Avoid.