surprising trend: for years it felt like a substantial fraction of the most impressive tech founders were under 28 or so. in the past few years, very few of them are. what changed?

Sep 17, 2022 · 8:48 PM UTC

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(i think crypto is part of the story, but definitely not all of it)
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Lot of talent went into the crypto/ NFT/ web3 vanity projects/get rich quick schemes. Though they got richer, did not benefit humanity much.
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FAANG started paying a lot of money. This meant 35 year olds were millionaires from a stable job. They could now take a wild swing at their dreams which were hard problems. @paulg makes the point that companies like @ModernTreasury can't be founded by a team of all 25yr olds.
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They weren’t
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Millennials grew up watching the internet come to pass. Next gen just takes it for granted
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We grew and now we are above 30.
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Older people are now tech savvy because they grew up with the internet
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The Internet's elite are very young
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28 is a perfect number
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I’m 18
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Millenials. Refuse to give up. Or grow up. Whichever applies.
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