From high school dropout to CEO, with Autodesk’s Andrew Anagnost

Sep 10, 2026 · 31 min · YouTube

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0:32I think we are the product of the people that lift us up.

0:34I really believe that.

0:36I never believe this bull crap.

0:37Oh, you know, I did this all myself.

0:40Who do you want behind you?

0:41The one that believes in your mission or the one that you paid to be there, the mercenary?

0:46You want the one who believes in your mission.

0:49Try a startup while you're young.

0:51Why do you tell people that?

0:52You learn a set of skills that is really hard to learn in a larger company because everybody's being so careful in a larger company.

0:59All of that's stripped away in a startup.

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