If only I knew this shit in college

I was invited to talk about my 6 years work experience to students of the engineering school MINES Saint-Étienne.

Transcript

1. If only 
 I knew this shit in college
2. I was a particularly dumb student
3. I am a particularly dumb professional
4. But I know slightly more now
5. This is the talk I wish my dumb student self had heard
6. @mehlah
7. If only I knew Startups were for me
8. I startups
9. Your work has impact
10. Your work is more fun
11. Your work is more fun
13. Less of this
14. More time spent working directly on the product
15. Your work uses cool tech
16. You also get to wear may hats
17. You’ll be filthy rich
18. You’ll be filthy rich X He worked with Saul !
19. Do it for love of product and somewhat reasonable salary
20. If only I knew How to improve myself
21. Don’t rely on work for growth
22. Build ridiculous side projects
23. Do open source
24. Share what you learn
25. You’ll meet people
26. People will meet you
27. Dumb experiments become smart patterns