Ask HN: Is the Secret of Elon Musk's Success Stanford University?

iab | karma 794 | avg karma 1.18 · 2023-01-21 17:33:57

Exactly, the actual source of his success is Glendale Community College

Blackstrat | karma 307 | avg karma 0.94 · 2023-01-21 18:18:49

I’d say that speaks well for Glendale then doesn’t it?

elkos | karma 1150 | avg karma 2.53 · 2023-01-21 19:36:41

Maybe it speaks for generational wealth during the dot-com bubble and doing amoralistic business with autocrats, but I don't know, I'm certainly not as rich as mr Musk.

Blackstrat | karma 307 | avg karma 0.94 · 2023-01-21 20:25:41

Amoralistic? Autocrats? Not knowing your age, I’ll not assume it, but you do know that the Fed precipitated the dot com bubble?

mtmail | karma 10094 | avg karma 1.54 · 2023-01-21 17:52:52

He dropped out after 2 days https://finance.yahoo.com/news/why-elon-musk-dropped-stanfor...

Musk also claims he has various degrees, which isn't true and makes him more a pretender than genius https://twitter.com/capitolhunters/status/159330754193247436...

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IanDrake | karma 1788 | avg karma 1.32 · 2023-01-21 18:36:58

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readonthegoapp | karma 842 | avg karma 0.6 · 2023-01-21 19:20:45

yeah, i mean, but he got in.

and actually graduating from college, when you're in the right social class, is kind of like...

  really? what's wrong with you? how bad of an entrepreneur _are_ you that you actually graduated from college?

and then he was, either before or after, surrounded by stanford people.

just an idea.

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RGamma | karma 1213 | avg karma 1.22 · 2023-01-21 18:14:34

His inherited millions and network might have helped.