In the old days, before startups, it was obvious to new grads which employers were most impressive to work for. It was as easy as judging the relativ… - Paul Graham

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In the old days, before startups, it was obvious to new grads which employers were most impressive to work for. It was as easy as judging the relative prestige of universities. Now it's much, much harder. You have to guess which cluster of nerds is the new Google.

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About Paul Graham

Paul Graham (born 1964) is an English computer scientist, essayist, entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and author. He is best known for his work on the programming language Lisp, his former startup Viaweb (later renamed Yahoo! Store), cofounding the influential startup accelerator and seed capital firm Y Combinator, his essays, and Hacker News.

Biography information from Wikiquote · Portrait adapted from Wikimedia Commons, Crédit photo: Sarah Harlin (Public domain / CC0)

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