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brudgers on June 7, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Would Steve Jobs have applied to Y Combinator?

Luck has everything to do with it.

If Jobs and Woz had been born in Jackson, Mississippi, they would not have known much about phreaking, attended Home Brew Computer club meetings, or known HP employees with disposable income to spend on the Apple I.

scott_s on June 7, 2012 [–]

This recent submission is quite relevant: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4065233

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