Joe Lonsdale

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I was lucky to grow up in Silicon Valley. I obviously was nerdy myself, but I had even nerdier friends who were teaching me stuff. I had a small group of friends who were way ahead in math and stuff. Programming and math have a lot in common, so I got these guys teaching me how to program at 9, 10, 11 years old, which is normal nowadays, but back then that was pretty unusual.

I was lucky to grow up in Silicon Valley. I obviously was nerdy myself, but I had even nerdier friends who were teaching me stuff. I had a small group of friends who were way ahead in math and stuff. Programming and math have a lot in common, so I got these guys teaching me how to program at 9, 10, 11 years old, which is normal nowadays, but back then that was pretty unusual.

I was lucky to grow up in Silicon Valley. I obviously was nerdy myself, but I had even nerdier friends who were teaching me stuff. I had a small group of friends who were way ahead in math and stuff. Programming and math have a lot in common, so I got these guys teaching me how to program at 9, 10, 11 years old, which is normal nowadays, but back then that was pretty unusual.

And, you know, one of the friends, his dad was at Intel, and they got these, they called the Pentium chips, remember, back in the 90s. And they'd get them, and we did this rig where you'd, like, figure out how to overclock them and, you know, use, like, liquid nitrogen or whatever to cool it off. And it's just silly stuff, and it makes the Quake II game work a little better.

And, you know, one of the friends, his dad was at Intel, and they got these, they called the Pentium chips, remember, back in the 90s. And they'd get them, and we did this rig where you'd, like, figure out how to overclock them and, you know, use, like, liquid nitrogen or whatever to cool it off. And it's just silly stuff, and it makes the Quake II game work a little better.

And, you know, one of the friends, his dad was at Intel, and they got these, they called the Pentium chips, remember, back in the 90s. And they'd get them, and we did this rig where you'd, like, figure out how to overclock them and, you know, use, like, liquid nitrogen or whatever to cool it off. And it's just silly stuff, and it makes the Quake II game work a little better.

But it's just, I kind of was in that whole scene, and a lot of my friends' older brothers and people were building companies. So I was really lucky to be exposed to this stuff. Very interesting. Yeah. Where did you go after high school? So I went to Stanford Computer Science, which is right in the area. It's in the Bay Area as well. And it's actually funny.

But it's just, I kind of was in that whole scene, and a lot of my friends' older brothers and people were building companies. So I was really lucky to be exposed to this stuff. Very interesting. Yeah. Where did you go after high school? So I went to Stanford Computer Science, which is right in the area. It's in the Bay Area as well. And it's actually funny.

But it's just, I kind of was in that whole scene, and a lot of my friends' older brothers and people were building companies. So I was really lucky to be exposed to this stuff. Very interesting. Yeah. Where did you go after high school? So I went to Stanford Computer Science, which is right in the area. It's in the Bay Area as well. And it's actually funny.

My mom made me apply last minute to Stanford. I was always going to go to Caltech or MIT. Actually, I went back and read it. It was the most obnoxious application thing ever because I was so eager for them to think I was so great. When you read it, you're like, screw this kid. We shouldn't let him in anywhere because he thinks he's the coolest guy ever. It was terrible. I was 17.

My mom made me apply last minute to Stanford. I was always going to go to Caltech or MIT. Actually, I went back and read it. It was the most obnoxious application thing ever because I was so eager for them to think I was so great. When you read it, you're like, screw this kid. We shouldn't let him in anywhere because he thinks he's the coolest guy ever. It was terrible. I was 17.

My mom made me apply last minute to Stanford. I was always going to go to Caltech or MIT. Actually, I went back and read it. It was the most obnoxious application thing ever because I was so eager for them to think I was so great. When you read it, you're like, screw this kid. We shouldn't let him in anywhere because he thinks he's the coolest guy ever. It was terrible. I was 17.

pretty overconfident. But Stanford won because I did it last minute and it didn't sound quite as arrogant. I think they let me in. So Stanford, you started interning at PayPal. Yeah, so all the really smart and interesting programmers. I met a bunch of them who were a little older than me. I was lucky to be a little bit ahead in programming already before I got there.

pretty overconfident. But Stanford won because I did it last minute and it didn't sound quite as arrogant. I think they let me in. So Stanford, you started interning at PayPal. Yeah, so all the really smart and interesting programmers. I met a bunch of them who were a little older than me. I was lucky to be a little bit ahead in programming already before I got there.

pretty overconfident. But Stanford won because I did it last minute and it didn't sound quite as arrogant. I think they let me in. So Stanford, you started interning at PayPal. Yeah, so all the really smart and interesting programmers. I met a bunch of them who were a little older than me. I was lucky to be a little bit ahead in programming already before I got there.

So I got to know some of the older kids. And some of the really bright ones were going to work at PayPal and were interning at PayPal, et cetera. And so I applied my freshman year. I thought, this is really cool. I want to go work with these people. And I'd known who Peter Thiel was. He'd founded the Stanford Review, which I was working with and became a big editor of.

So I got to know some of the older kids. And some of the really bright ones were going to work at PayPal and were interning at PayPal, et cetera. And so I applied my freshman year. I thought, this is really cool. I want to go work with these people. And I'd known who Peter Thiel was. He'd founded the Stanford Review, which I was working with and became a big editor of.

So I got to know some of the older kids. And some of the really bright ones were going to work at PayPal and were interning at PayPal, et cetera. And so I applied my freshman year. I thought, this is really cool. I want to go work with these people. And I'd known who Peter Thiel was. He'd founded the Stanford Review, which I was working with and became a big editor of.