<story><title>How One 17-Year-Old Coded a #1 App and Got Hired by Facebook</title><url>http://thehustle.co/how-one-17-year-old-coded-a-number-one-app-and-got-hired-by-facebook</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>GFischer</author><text>I am impressed by his determination. The Pando article says it best:&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;Sayman&amp;#x27;s experience is one that perhaps could only be entirely appreciated here in Silicon Valley, where entrepreneurship, ingenuity, and building something out of nothing, or rather, out of lines of code, still holds cult-like status, for good or ill. Sayman doesn’t even seem to understand the power of his story.&lt;p&gt;He got his app where it is today not with millions or even thousands in venture capital. He didn’t get it where it is with Silicon Valley connections or hookups to the magic elves who pick what’s featured in the iOS app store. He didn’t get it with a team of developers or designers or a co-founder or even an incorporated company. He didn&amp;#x27;t even get it there with natural technical talent. Instead, it took sheer force of will and a refusal to back down to any of the obstacles he faced. That, and an unholy faith in the power of Google to answer his questions.&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;“I watch my son, every night and every single day, staying up until 4 or 5 am, working on the app, doing his homework, sleeping two or three hours, and then going to school,” Cristina Sayman says. &amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;m sad to say, I don&amp;#x27;t do this :( , I struggle to find that much willpower, even though I believe in what I&amp;#x27;m building.</text></comment>
<story><title>How One 17-Year-Old Coded a #1 App and Got Hired by Facebook</title><url>http://thehustle.co/how-one-17-year-old-coded-a-number-one-app-and-got-hired-by-facebook</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>bsaul</author><text>I hope young people reading that article realize it&amp;#x27;s talking about someone winning the lottery. There&amp;#x27;s statistically zero chance that will happen to you, so you&amp;#x27;d better work on your exams than code through the night and fail them.</text></comment>