Ohanian: Walked out of the LSAT for a Waffle House epiphany
Alexis Ohanian · Live Episode! Reddit: Alexis Ohanian & Steve Huffman · Aug 31, 2017 · at 6:49
Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian explains to Guy Raz how he abandoned plans to become a lawyer during his junior year at UVA.
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“And then on a Saturday morning, walked out of an LSAT to go eat waffles. And I went to a waffle house. It's a great place for epiphanies and waffles. And I had both there that morning and realized if I wanted these waffles more than the LSAT, I probably shouldn't be a lawyer.”
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