His first sentence maybe, but his second asks why school experience doesn't count for the formula.
No, I wasn't missing the point. I was asking why writing software in college doesn't count.
I guess because everyone does it anyway so it does not make a difference.
Define not making a difference. Certain college-started companies have become enormous.
Exactly - I do not think the coding Mark Zuckerburg or Larry Page/Sergey Brin did while they were students was trivial + it lead to two "game changing" companies, so to speak.