Matthew Prince, CEO of Cloudflare, reflects on his career, expressing regret for declining offers from Yahoo, Microsoft, and Netscape after college. He attributes this decision to youthful arrogance and a desire to pursue law. Prince believes that working at a larger, innovative company at the time could have accelerated his career growth and expanded his professional network. He acknowledges that the fast-paced environment of those companies would have presented engaging challenges and fostered valuable connections that are crucial in any career.
"Figuring out a way to get to some company that's somewhere between 2,000 and 20,000 employees, and is working on interesting projects - that's the thing that I wish I had."
"The camaraderie and the rolodex and the interesting people that you will meet in that, is just such a huge accelerant to your career."
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