David's start is at 14 and not post 20 as most grad students. At minimum, he will end up making something like Mathematica like Wolfram and at max, he will change the world.
The Big and Little Oh of this story are both extreme events.
The Big and Little Oh of this story are both extreme events.
But yes, being an entrepreneur is an added layer, as you've to learn to arrange people to attain a larger goal than just research.
And he shows signs of that even on the jobs page while avoiding the broken method of interviewing that is oft practiced, he's almost defining a boundary for relatively high signal from the applicants.
His fluid approach is reminiscent of the caper that the Google guys pulled at Stanford.. and as it turns out, I think he also got funded by Larry.