Garry Tan (@garrytan) on X (original) (raw)
Garry Tan
Garry Tan
President & CEO
—Founder
—Creator of GStack & GBrain—designer/engineer who helps founders—SF Dem accelerating the boom loop
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Tech gave me everything I have Its capacity to lift people into abundance is incredible and there is nothing like it We must make that into prosperity for everyone
"I realized tech is this thing that can bring people out of whatever situation they're in and often into prosperity. And that's what I want for everyone."
@ycombinator
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@garrytan
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@emilychangtv
how tech changed his family's life. Watch here: trib.al/sxg1VGR

"To fund his golfing ambitions, McIlroy's parents took on extra jobs. Gerry worked 100 hours a week; he cleaned toilets and showers at a local sports club in the mornings, served as a bartender at Holywood Golf Club from 12 to 6 pm, then returned to the sports club to work behind



My best career advice: At every job you should either learn or earn. Either is fine. Both is best. But if it's neither, quit.
One state ***increased*** its reading literacy for the bottom 10% of students while 49 other states let standards keep slipping. It was the poorest state in the country, Mississippi. In 2013 they enacted a rule where at 4th grade if you can’t read, you repeat until you can.


Keep skilled immigration legal

In-N-Out puts cash into fresh beef and well-paid people. McDonald’s feeds corporate overhead. Result? In-N-Out makes nearly double per store while making a far better product cheaper. I would always rather be In-N-Out.
Fun Fact: In-N-Out is cheaper than McDonald’s yet serves better quality burgers and fries.


Little bro just enjoy elementary school don’t do this yet Go make some Roblox games though
George Orwell, 1984: “Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book has been rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street and building has been renamed, every date has been altered. And that process is continuing day by day and minute by minute.
Writers may wish to rethink their ambitions. If their work should prove lastng, it may end up being tortured for all eternity This is not mere "sensitivity" editing, by the way. This is blunt, agenda-driven rewriting. It is idea injection. And it will be continual once it starts





new blog: triangle of talent
If you *only* used SAT to admit to elite colleges, share of admits from top 1% income falls 15.8% → 9.9% and representation from <$200k rises by +8.8%, with no reduction in post-college outcomes. It's 'holistic review' and 'ban SAT' policy that allows the most wealthy and

New York City please don’t do this to yourself —A San Franciscan
It's hard to imagine NYC, the heartbeat of American capitalism, elects someone who thinks about the world at the level of an angsty teenager

We are trying to create thousands of new billionaires over here
ZOHRAN MAMDANI: 'I DON'T THINK THAT WE SHOULD HAVE BILLIONAIRES'

