SearchYC.com

http://markbao.com (old, somewhat crappy stuff there, new stuff http://files.markbao.com/newstuff.jpg)

I'm not thinking about dropping out, though. The risk is too great to just drop out and work on startups. I'm trying to make the most out of my little time left as a teenager socially and educationally (albeit the subject matter is relatively less useful than I'd like), go to college with a business focus (if I can get in with my low-ball GPA), and see where it goes from there.

I'm mostly in the startup game now to make connections, understand a foundation of startup business and entrepreneurship, and then move on in the future with that knowledge as an advantage.

For any other high school people on HN: there are three laws to follow when you're attending a strict-time institution like HS:

  - Bust your ass.
  - Manage your time correctly.
  - Being under 18 doesn't make you special if you don't do special things. i.e.,
    have credentials and work to back yourself up, and forget about age for a bit.

In fact, school gives you an interesting time constraint and advantage. 37signals, who used to be a consultancy, had just 10 hours a week to work on Basecamp. And you know what they did? They busted their ass. And what came out of it was how to use time efficiently, embracing constraints. (Source http://www.37signals.com/svn/archives2/constraints_breed_bre...)

And with the last one, don't get arrogant because "ZOMG, I CODED AN APP, @web2personality WRITE ABOUT ME BECAUSE IM UNDER 18." You're not special if you're under 18. You've developed an application, and you've developed coding skills a few years before people generally do. What separates you from the general young entrepreneur press and YOU is a few years. Don't kid yourself into thinking you're all special because you can code @app, because in the long run, without actual skills and knowledge you're hurting yourself. There are some people who put on the façade of "Wow, you're a high school entrepreneur, that's so awesome. So what do you do?" but see through that and it's not really genuine most of the time. It took me a bit of time to figure out that nobody really gives much of a shit, so learn that. That's what I've noticed and stand by–your mileage may vary.

Plus, I'm sure that there's some kind of SEC rule dealing with accurate reporting of a trader's balance. I doubt they did any due diligence before pulling this.

Lead Developer of Gmail Paul Buchheit? He's here.

CEO of a startup reviewed? He's here. (TimeSvr)

News algorithm about social news sites? delicious.com founder joshu corrects the article. (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=234749)