"Delaying, dropping out of, or skipping college altogether have long been popular in Silicon Valley. Mark Zuckerberg, Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, and Larry Ellison have all done some version of it. As artificial intelligence hype draws young founders to San Francisco, programs at companies like Palantir Technologies are rolling out anti-college initiatives for high school graduates. Meanwhile, startup entrepreneurship programs like Y Combinator skew increasingly younger, as taking a gap year has become less contrarian and more mainstream for aspiring technocrats."
"Now, a new program wants to formalize that path. Common Gap, launching Thursday, aims to match ambitious teens taking a year off before or during college with startup jobs. As part of Common Gap's program, participating startups must agree to pay the high school graduates at least $75,000 a year. Oliver Zhou, the founder of the initiative, expects most offers will exceed $100,000. Common Gap doesn't have its own funding, since the participating companies will pay the students' salaries, and it won't turn a profit."
Common Gap matches ambitious high school graduates taking a gap year with paid startup jobs. Participating startups must pay at least $75,000 annually, and most offers are expected to exceed $100,000. The initiative does not supply funding; participating companies pay the students' salaries and the program will not turn a profit. The program targets teens who take a year off before or during college and promotes gap years as a pathway into startups and the artificial intelligence talent market. The founder, a young entrepreneur who left college early, views early-career recruitment as a strategic advantage.
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