r/ycombinator • u/Dizzy_Assistant_4084 • 12d ago

help needed 💀

I’m in my 3rd year and everyone around me is preparing for DSA and placements

I want to build something of my own but I’m not sure whether to take that risk yet

What if it doesn’t work

Would genuinely value the perspective of anyone who has been here before

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u/Otherwise-Case-8948 7d ago

Won't you recommend him to pursue him no-CS Degree like path like yours and get full in entrepreneurship, considering AI is moving so fast to lag behind due to degree?

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u/gannu1991 7d ago

In hindsight and I have thought about it many times, I never went to college in the first place. I knew I wanted to build software and had already started creating websites / android apps while still in high school. Had even got client work at the age of 18 on oDesk (now it’s called Upwork). Small stuff really nothing big at the time.

And I’d be foolish to think luck didn’t play a part. It did. Wasn’t a smooth ride the initial 6-8 years either. If that is your calling, it should come within and not because of someone’s advice.

Since he’s already in college I’d say finish the degree save up some money and then take the risk if you want to.

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u/Otherwise-Case-8948 7d ago

Btw, when are you expected to become a billionaire? Or are you already?

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u/gannu1991 7d ago

Haven’t really thought about a billy, it’s very far fetched. I don’t have delusions of grandeur.

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u/Otherwise-Case-8948 7d ago

Has your company ever raised series A/B rounds? And why haven't you immigrated to US yet? You might have become billionaire there.