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I am self-taught as well. I did OK.

My point is that I did not have the luxury of dropping out of school to try my hand at the tech startup thing. If I came home and told my Dad I abandoned school - for anything - he would have thrown me out the 3rd-floor window.

People like Altman could take risks, fail, try again, until they walked into something that worked. This is a common thread almost among all of the tech personalities - Gates, Jobs, Zuckerberg, Musk. None of them ever risked living in a cardboard box in case their bets did not pay off.

>>renega+(OP)
Jobs was a bit different as his adopted father was a mechanic. He was not from a wealthy family.

Altman reminds me of Sam Bankman-Fried but dropping out.

>>axpy90+6c
That's fair. Very unconventional for people to go just to India for seven months to trip and look for inspiration, though - know what I mean? :)