I think the classic ‘drop out of college and start your own thing’ mentality makes most sense if your own thing
1) is in the realm of software development, where the job market is still rather forgiving and job opportunities in case of failure abound
2) would generate large monetary profit in the case of success
Perhaps many Pareto fellowship applications do not meet these criteria and therefore applicants want to be more on the safe side regarding personal career risk?
I think the classic ‘drop out of college and start your own thing’ mentality makes most sense if your own thing 1) is in the realm of software development, where the job market is still rather forgiving and job opportunities in case of failure abound 2) would generate large monetary profit in the case of success
Perhaps many Pareto fellowship applications do not meet these criteria and therefore applicants want to be more on the safe side regarding personal career risk?