The Next Steps After Getting into a Good School

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There was a group of kids at the speaker's school who were focused on achieving high academic success.
After achieving success in high school, these students were motivated to pursue status-seeking careers.
The speaker identifies finance, consulting, law, and medicine as popular career choices for these students.
These career paths have clear application processes and steps.

What happens when the unconventional becomes conventional? Michael Seibel and Dalton Caldwell discuss how the startup world has changed from being dominated by outsiders and nonconformists to now attracting more mainstream conformists looking for status and money. They share stories of what the tech scene was like when they were in school - and how radically different it is today, while offering their advice around navigating a world that doesn't always reward nonconformists embarking on risky entrepreneurial journeys. Don't just think different, act different.
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