EP 26 Will Depue: The 20 Year Old Dropout Founder That Works For OpenAI

Omar ⁠⁠⁠⁠(⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@omarwasm)⁠⁠⁠⁠ and Vishal ⁠⁠⁠⁠(@vishalkolr)⁠⁠⁠⁠ sit down with Will Depue, ⁠(⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@willdepue)⁠, previous founder of DeepResearch and applied research resident at OpenAI, to talk about living in Argentina, dropping out of college, building a computer in Figma, the truth about burnout, why he doesn't focus on Twitter growth, watching Dune 5 times, how to get started building anything, and much more....

The Dock is a Founders, Inc. show. Learn more about Founders, Inc. at:

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Links:

· ⁠Will's Twitter⁠

· ⁠Will's Website

· ⁠⁠⁠⁠The Dock⁠⁠⁠⁠

Timestamps:

0:00 - Intro

1:18 - Working At OpenAI

2:39 - Building In High School

8:15 - Founder Journey

24:24 - Growing On Twitter

29:54 - The Truth About Burnout

34:53 - How To Decide What To Work On

37:31 - Building A Computer In Figma

40:21 - The Alexandria Project

52:17 - Explore, Don't Commit

1:05:32 - Reading Tweets

1:17:43 - Favorite Project