I just found Paul Graham’s new essay: How to Start a Startup. As always, it makes for thought provoking reading.

I thought one of his footnotes was kind of interesting:

[3] Learning to hack is a lot cheaper than business school, because you can do it mostly on your own. For the price of a Linux box, a copy of K&R, and a few hours of advice from your neighbor’s fifteen year old son, you’ll be well on your way.

Huh? Who would have thought…. I guess those “Learn X in Y (Hours|Days|Weeks|Months)” books might be worth reading after all.