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Why Hacker News recommends it
HN uses it as a running joke whenever unprofitable startups, funding or valuations come up.
What it is
A short clip from the show Silicon Valley in which the Pied Piper team meets a money guy who offers advice about having no revenue.
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What Hacker News said
Cites ceeplusplus · 2022-07 · on “Having no experience can be better than having the wrong experience”
The engineer who already has a job at a random company has a known skill level and growth trajectory. The engineer out of a good school has an unknown growth trajectory. Conditioned on the accomplishments of alumni at the school and the (subjective) acceptance bar of the school, the new grad engineer could have a much steeper growth trajectory than the established one. Silicon Valley got this right on the money ironically [1]. If you have nothing to show, people assume a potential future ability level rather than basing their decisions on your actual ability. [1] [this video]