http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/mar2008/tc20080318_102970_page_2.htm

A reoccurring theme: just b/c someone does not have a formal background in a discipline, does not mean they cannot be successful at it.

Cf. Neil Young and Peter Thiel

p.s. if anybody knows how Peter Thiel decided to ditch law/derivatives trading to become an entrepeneur, I'd love to hear it