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Originally Posted by PhoenixAzul
So let us say that for some reason, a kid gets one of these fellowships. Think wayyyy back (or not so way back) to when you were that age. What would you have done with $100k a year in salary? Now think about what it will be like at the end of those two years:
1) you could have a wonderful idea/product, and it takes off, and life is grand. Awesome, rock on.
2) the idea flops big time, and now you're left to either re-apply to university, or enter the job market without qualifications.
If it were me, I'd just keep innovating in my dorm room and working on it as a side project. The truly innovative, the truly creative, will always find a way, in or out of university.
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I think this is an amazing opportunity! The 100k a year wouldn't necessarily be for salary, but for start-up costs and R&D(at least that's how I read it). I think that's the key right there. From what I've read about inventors the hardest obstacle they face is getting funding/investors to back them. Hell, even if their idea does flop the experience gained and contacts made would still make the endeavor worthwhile.