Read these, in this order. Love this type of talk: http://bit.ly/8X9uDG, http://bit.ly/9yBFlf, http://bit.ly/aWcPFW (via @ezraklein @cdixon) I very clearly remember going to my Goldman Sachs interview, winter of Junior year, and thinking to myself, wow I could not have less interest in investment banking if I tried. But everyone else is doing it, it’s a lot of money, it’s safe, and it’s competitive as hell and really well marketed. A few short weeks later I’d be leaving Stanford, diving headfirst into the world of startups, and I’m all the wiser and grateful for it.