Tech vs Finance (Golden Path)

Which path would you rather have? 

  • MIT CS (Dropout) -> YCombinator -> AI Startup -> Billionaire at age 25 

OR

  • Harvard Econ (John Harvard Scholar) -> GS TMT -> MF PE Associate -> HBS (Baker Scholar) -> MF PE Senior Associate -> MF PE Principal at age 33
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