<story><title>Silicon Valley 40 under 40: Garry Tan</title><url>http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2013/12/12/silicon-valley-40-under-40-garry-tan.html?page=all</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>undoware</author><text>Really, in our industry, is it necessary to specify an upper age bound? It&amp;#x27;s not like we&amp;#x27;re nurturing new circuit court justices.&lt;p&gt;Why not, &amp;quot;Top 25 over 25?&amp;quot; We all know what happens when the taurine receptor count starts to tank...</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>kadabra9</author><text>For me, these &amp;quot;Top X under Age X&amp;quot; articles always used to create these needless benchmarks and comparisons in my head, as if I had some expectations to live up to by a specific age. I&amp;#x27;d read the &amp;quot;30 under 30&amp;quot; and think to myself, &amp;quot;Crap, I&amp;#x27;ll be thirty in a few years. I need to get on the ball&amp;quot;.&lt;p&gt;On one hand, reading about all these people doing great things is both inspiring and motivational for the reader to get out there and make something happen. On the other hand, its easy to look at yourself perhaps a bit too critically when you compare yourself to the folks listed in these articles. Focus on your own projects, career, business, etc not about whether you get there by 25,35 or 40.&lt;p&gt;Back to the article... I&amp;#x27;ve never met Gary, but have enjoyed his writing and he&amp;#x27;s always struck me as a class act. It&amp;#x27;s great to see him get some more recognition.</text></comment>
<story><title>Silicon Valley 40 under 40: Garry Tan</title><url>http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2013/12/12/silicon-valley-40-under-40-garry-tan.html?page=all</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>undoware</author><text>Really, in our industry, is it necessary to specify an upper age bound? It&amp;#x27;s not like we&amp;#x27;re nurturing new circuit court justices.&lt;p&gt;Why not, &amp;quot;Top 25 over 25?&amp;quot; We all know what happens when the taurine receptor count starts to tank...</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>wahnfrieden</author><text>It&amp;#x27;s a journalistic hook. It doesn&amp;#x27;t come from within our industry.</text></comment>