Blake Scholl
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first heard Jul 2026
last heard 29 Jul
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And you don't listen to all the people that tell you you need ages and ages of experience.
There is one thing about experience that matters, though.
We have developed a rule about this at Boom.
It is totally OK for a young engineer to do something they've never done before, just the way it's OK for them to do something that nobody has ever done before.
But if somebody has done it before in the world, our rule is you have to go find one of those people, call them, and ask them your advice.
You don't have to take it.
You just have to hear it.
And I find it's very rare that there are experienced, accomplished people that aren't willing to take that call in some form or passion and to give you that advice.
So go seek that wisdom where it's out there, but don't listen to it too much and just go build.
Do I recommend starting a company or working at a company early in your career?
I don't think this is a one-size-fits-all.
I think the moment you have a startup that you desperately want to start, a thing that you want to go create, even if you're not sure how to do it, even if you worry you might fail, but you can't get that idea out of your head, I think at that point you should go start it.
And don't wait.
And the world is full of examples of great companies that were started by young people.
The world is also full of great companies that were started a little bit later in life.
I started Boom when I was 33.
I started my first company in my parents' basement in high school, an internet service provider that I basically started because I wanted to get a better internet connection.
And I needed a way to finance it, and starting an ISP was the way to do it.
Right out of college, I didn't really know what startup I wanted to start.
And so I went to work at Amazon and got some great experience there.
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