[cmehdy]

I'm confused by this comment,

(1) because you're hoping to know how a 20-something year-old led millions of dollars' worth of scams, to... emulate it?

(2) because you feel stuck as somebody working at a FAANG (I know it might just be another wednesday for some HN users but I'll remind them that faang work still remains the 1% for the plebs not graced by "that" touch)

There are ways to find inspiring leaders that don't involve them spending nearly a decade in prison. For one, thorough discussion with interesting people (people you deem interesting probably are, you made it to a faang) of all ages (success in youth is lovely but unless you bet on chance being on your side you might want to broaden your horizons), and accepting that leadership takes many shapes - not just the ones that make the bad kinds of headlines.

I'm not your target audience though, and probably just ruminating helplessly as an answer to your message fishing for future investors - apologies.

[manigandham]

What's confusing? They clearly said they wanted to "start a hedge fund on wall street ... legitimately" which is entirely valid and something others have found success in.

Why did you still assume their intention was to scam? And what does any of this have to do with finding leaders?

[cmehdy]

Because of the subject they're responding to, perhaps. They're a top-level visible reply to an article about a hedge fund 20-something getting sent to prison for years, so perhaps I'm dim but I'd say there are troves of better articles about hedge funds to be asking for guidance on how to get there, unless the "there" is prison of course.

Although I might just be dim, and you and I simply don't have the same understanding of context then.

[fridif]

They're asking about how the scammer obtained a seemingly undeserved visa, not about how to scam people.

[cmehdy]

Then I apologize for misunderstanding the point of the post, and it's probably better for me to leave the whole chain without edit after this realization.

[thegypsyking]

No worries! I was feeling a bit stick yesterday so apologize if the original doesn’t make much sense. Above is right, I was wondering how I could do something similar but legitimately, since last I checked biggest issue for me would be the immigration.

I know I’m in a super good situation, especially compared to others in the rest of the world, but there’s still that feeling when you know you’re ready for a new stage in your life yet some invisible hand is holding you back.

[cmehdy]

I'm not from the US but I have heard of a sometimes tough road to take no matter how anchored and "productive" you are. In case the road is blocked in the US I'll offer the insight that Canada is a very welcoming country too :) (it has taken this European in, for one).

I wish you the best of luck with that immigration process.