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by hellohowareu 1415 days ago
This is awesome.

He mentions not having a mentor... "“I didn't have a mentor to help me, really,"

But I am skeptical about that claim-- I think good guidance by good parents is arguably mentorship.

A quick google search yielded a family run HVAC company, Sasone-AC in St. Lucie, Florida, which is essentially a suburb next to Fort Pierce, Florida, where Robert Sasone resides. Nicolas Sansone is an owner & Vice President of Sansone-AC. Nicolas Sansone who is related to Robert Sansone.

I think it's likely this kid's father, mother, uncle, etc. is an engineer and/or entrepreneur/business person (or engineer/scientist of sorts) and mentored him.

https://www.spokeo.com/Joseph-Sansone/Florida/Fort-Pierce--P...

https://www.linkedin.com/in/nick-sansone-25111132/

https://www.sansone-ac.com/about/meet-the-team/

That said, Robert's Sansone's accomplishment here is really awesome.

My dad was an alcoholic doctor and all I turned out to be is a software engineer (I say this with sarcasm and jokingly :P). All kidding aside though: I think having parents who offer good guidance does make a difference.

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Certainly Einstein's being born into a highly competent engineering-company family didn't hurt him any. Parents do know that if you teach well, the kid's think they did it all themselves. I'm highly amused that you're being downvoted for having done some research that provides context. That'll teach ya :) I voted for ya, but it didn't change the color of your comment.