Why CEO of $40 billion company that caused biggest-ever Windows outage wishes he had joined Microsoft before going to law school
[ad_1] Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince has said that he would advise his younger self to gain experience at a big company before pursuing graduate school. Speaking as the co-founder and head of $40 billion dollar cybersecurity firm, Prince said he’s largely satisfied with his career choices but regrets declining job offers straight out of college. After earning a Bachelor’s degree in English literature and computer science, Prince reportedly received offers from Yahoo, Microsoft, and Netscape. However, he turned them down, admitting he was "an arrogant young kid" focused on becoming a cybersecurity lawyer. He instead enrolled at the University of Chicago Law School the following year and later went on to teach law. The cybersecurity company was involved in the biggest-ever Windows outage that occurred last year, but it was not directly caused by Cloudflare. The disruption stemmed from a […]