By Larry Chiang
Pattern recognition. We are great at pattern recognition.
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Robert Hof (@robhof) |
A software engineer was detained by U.S. Customs — and given a test to prove he’s an engineer recode.net/2017/2/28/1476… via @Recode
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This article is way more tolerable when you edit-replace ‘Customs Agent’ with *VC*
#hiLarryAss
Omin later tells me that the questions looked to him like someone with no technical background Googled something like, “Questions to ask a software engineer.”
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Larry Chiang (@LarryChiang) |
Watch Nicolai Tesla (Elon’s kindred spirit & #nonEmployeeCoFounder of #GE; at USA border patrol ’17
@robhof @Recode m.youtube.com/watch?v=zngK13… |
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Larry Chiang (@LarryChiang) |
[crickets]
When you follow up with VCs they deny multiple requests to determine status of VC funding Re @robhof @Recode pic.twitter.com/sHgoCF8UcB |
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Larry Chiang (@LarryChiang) |
Every single question the ‘Customs Agent’ asked, he then hushed me like a *VC* interrupting my pitch deck
#hiLarryAss pic.twitter.com/bSGmhpPJeR |
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Larry Chiang (@LarryChiang) |
If you wanna charm a VC or a Border Agent (sans engineering degree), use paper and write stuff out. @robhof @Recode #cs183cs #hiLarryAss pic.twitter.com/WjdROALTKB
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Larry Chiang (@LarryChiang) |
[crickets]
When you follow up with VCs they deny multiple requests to determine status of VC funding Re @robhof @Recode pic.twitter.com/sHgoCF8UcB |