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| “Of course it's a bold statement. But if I wasn't bold, I wouldn't have started university at age 13” (comment) | ||
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| cperciva on Jul 18, 2007 | on: The Equity Equation | view on HN | ||
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rdl Oct 29, 2012 | on: YC W13 application guide - what is "impressive achievement" | context
From what I know of applications to things like YC, this looks like great advice. Re: Putnam, this thread was awesome. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35076 "Did you win the Putnam? If not, don't be bolder than this guy." "Yes, I did." |
Of course it's a bold statement. But if I wasn't bold, I wouldn't have started university at age 13, set three world records for calculating pi (a stunt, I admit), ranked in the top six mathematics undergraduates in North America, received a $100k+ scholarship to Oxford University (not the Rhodes, unfortunately -- their mistake), received a doctorate in computer science from said university, and become the security officer for the FreeBSD operating system.