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Comment by smoody | Hacker News Reader

The guy who started Tumblr, the leading tumblelog, didn't even go to college. I guess he'll be working the fry machine.

hey man, every person has their own path. garry and sachin went to stanford then worked at big co's before they started posterous, while david karp lived abroad and studied firsthand how people communicate in countries where communication is far more advanced than in the states. posterous and tumblr are both beautifully simple products made for their respective target demo's - posterous for everyone who can read/write, tumblr for every hipster living in LES or williamsburg w/ a fixed gear bike. haha.

also knowing garry and sachin and david karp, they are all product people at heart. they are building products with direct user feedback. i dont know many people who take their customers more seriously, and take more time tweeking and iterating their product than david karp. for someone who hasn't been to college, he is an impressive guy.

Tumblr also had that severe security hole back a few months ago that allowed anyone to go to /admin and see everything.

Yeah, that was definitely because the founder didn't go to college!

I can see how my comment comes off as that, but in actuality, the question to ask is, "Does going to college give you the knowledge to forsee a situation like that?" Or, "does one acquire this knowledge only from experiences in the real world?"

I was trying to imply that maybe going to college makes you more aware, but I have no clue if this is really true or not... (my assumption is no)

Your assumption is right

At the very least, very stupid people tend to have trouble getting into college. Except maybe if you're rich and go to Yale.

So did reddit. I suppose they should have gone to college too.

Oh, wait.

Hey man, not at our restaurant. ;-)

JK, I kid.

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