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by asuth
5199 days ago
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From the time I arrived at MIT in '08 to the time I left in '11, I witnessed a pretty huge shift in the interests of MIT students towards startups. Many people who probably would have gone into finance or defense diverted themselves to the startup world. The 100K competition at MIT and things like StartLabs have gotten big. Dropbox being homegrown was a big thing. For me, it's been awesome to see the best engineers doing their own companies instead of joining defense contractors or GS. |
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I've witnessed now multiple decades of change, and the interests of the student body vary according to the fashion of the day.
If I were to advise fellow alums about preparation, I'd advise: Prepare for change. As trite as that sounds, it's been the only consistent trait.