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Advice for ambitious 19 year olds - Sam Altman

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“I’m an ambitious 19 year old, what should I do?”  I get asked this question fairly often, and I now have a lot of data on what works, so I thought I’d share my response. Usually, people are...

“I’m an ambitious 19 year old, what should I do?” I get asked this question fairly often, and I now have a lot of data on what works, so I thought I’d share my response. Usually, people are deciding between going to college (and usually working on side projects while they do so), joining a company, or starting their own startup. [1] [2] The secret is that any of these can be right answer, and you should make your decision based on the specific circumstances of each option. The critical point is that you want to do the thing that is most likely to get you on a path to do something great. No mat

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