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Steve Jobs' Stanford Commencement Address

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jfxphoto
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This is pretty old but I saw it pop up again and am hoping it hasn't been posted on NS.(If it has, just let it die)

Worth the watch.


Apr 14 2011 6:03PM
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COskier
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That was a good speech, but I always find it funny when ridiculously successful people tell you things like "follow your heart" and "trust it will all come together" when they are one of the select few for whom this worked. For every Steve Jobs out there, there are 20 miserable college dropouts who are working medial, repetitive jobs because their own ideas flopped and now they just middle age guys without money or a college degree.

There should be a disclaimer after the "follow your heart" and "trust it will all come together" speech of "only if you are really smart and motivated, which frankly, you probably aren't".
Apr 14 2011 6:46PM
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COskier
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That was a good speech, but I always find it funny when ridiculously successful people tell you things like "follow your heart" and "trust it will all come together" when they are one of the select few for whom this worked. For every Steve Jobs out there, there are 20 miserable college dropouts who are working medial, repetitive jobs because their own ideas flopped and now they just middle age guys without money or a college degree.

There should be a disclaimer after the "follow your heart" and "trust it will all come together" speech of "only if you are really smart and motivated, which frankly, you probably aren't".
Apr 14 2011 6:47PM
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KravtZ
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haha so true....generally people drop out of college because they unmotivated and dont care. These people had rediculous ideas, such as mark zuckerberg, steve jobs, and billg ates, etc
Apr 14 2011 8:00PM
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jmason
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I like this a lot. No graduating speech will ever be as good as this one though:

Apr 17 2011 1:12AM
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no_steeze
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too bad stanford's ghayyyyy
Apr 17 2011 1:13AM
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californiagrown
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best university in the world. they have won something like 18 straight directors cups(award for best overall athletic program), and they are top 10 in the world academically, the silicon valley boom was fueled primarily by stanford grads, and the most powerful alumni list in the world.

Other than the severe lack of sexy women, how can you claim Stanford isnt awesome?
Apr 17 2011 1:28AM
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no_steeze
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haha no it's the best school in the country, probably the world
Apr 17 2011 3:31PM
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