The Solution Space

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On a semi-regular basis, I interact with people who have dropped out of school, are on leave, or are considering dropping out. This is partly due to the industry I'm in (tech), the city I live in (San Francisco), and partly because of where I work (Contrary). Contrary is a newer venture capital firm with a truly people-first thesis. We identify great up-and-comers in tech, and then invest in and support them relentlessly through their careers - often well before they even decide to start a company. We have a network of 500+ really sharp young people in our community. Many are in or have attended elite universities, and many dropped out of school. Within the firm itself, we have some college dropouts working for us full time, several advanced degree holders, and one PhD. Now that I'm almost two years out of school, I'm starting to take a wider view of my college experience, and reflect on how it was useful so far in my career. My hope is that anyone who is teetering on dropping out ca

The Solution Space Select Post Useful Black Boxes I wanted to write this post in markdown, so I did a quick search for a browser-based editor, but quickly questioned why I was doing that. Instead of searching for one that I liked, I popped open codex to build me one. It coded a sufficient version in a couple minutes from the following prompt (typo included): Can you write me a super simple, browser based markdown editor? It should persist the data to a local file as I tpye I didn't audit the code - but the details are not at all relevant to what I'm trying to accomplish (writing a blog post).

The Solution Space

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