Crazy Money! Reddit Founder Walked Out of LSAT

It’s Crazy Money Day! 

In 2005, a soon-to-be graduate from the University of Virginia planned to spend three years in law school, then land a great-paying job. He sat down to take the Law School Admission Test and knew he was making a mistake. He described it like this on a recent podcast: “… I walked out of the LSAT. I had studied for it, I was getting ready for it…and then 20 minutes into it, I just walked out. I went to a Waffle House and decided I was just gonna invent a career and become an entrepreneur.” Several months later, Fortune.com reports that the two founders received funding from Paul Graham, and that’s how Reddit, a social media platform, was born. Today, it has over 110 million daily active users and a market cap of over $40 billion. They share discussions and comments on a wide range of topics.

The founder, a self-described nerd, joins others who met their cofounders in college. Mark Zuckerberg of Meta met his at Harvard. Larry Page and a fellow computer science student at Stanford built Google. Settling into a career is often a journey, not the direct result of a college degree. The goal is finding the sweet spot in work that you find fulfilling and glorifies the Lord. Sometimes a degree is needed, other times a certification, or the backing of an investor will do. My advice comes from Psalm 37:4, “Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.”

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