Sometime last year I had moved to the Bay Area from Denver and was looking for jobs. After hearing a lot of buzz about Theranos and seeing a recruiter post here (on HN: Who's Hiring) I sent my resume over. Was rejected right off the bat for not having a degree from a top tier school. This after ignoring the fact that I have almost 20 years of experience and have worked on some world class Medical Devices deployed over 150 countries. Granted, I could be a complete idiot, but refusing to look at anything past my degree obtained 2 decades back was a little jarring.
In any case, I do think they are pursuing a worthy goal and we should not lose sight of that fact. Kudos to Holmes for trying. As in any entrepreneur's case there might be a lot of optimism bordering on delusion. If they fail, is it because the problem was too hard to begin with or mismanagement? That is something I'm curious to know.
In any case, I do think they are pursuing a worthy goal and we should not lose sight of that fact. Kudos to Holmes for trying. As in any entrepreneur's case there might be a lot of optimism bordering on delusion. If they fail, is it because the problem was too hard to begin with or mismanagement? That is something I'm curious to know.