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: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://f.inc⁠⁠⁠⁠ 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