Jonah Weinbaum.Courtesy of Jonah WeinbaumJonah Weinbaum joined a hacker house to work on a neurotech project in summer 2023.The hacker house, Myelin, aimed to develop a wetware computer with $8,000 in funding.Living in the hacker house shifted Weinbaum's career focus from academia to entrepreneurship.This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Jonah Weinbaum, a 19-year-old who moved into a hacker house during the summer of 2023.

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  • I lived in a hacker house for the summer when I was 18. It changed my career trajectory completely and I left college.
    Jonah Weinbaum was going into his sophomore year at the University of Michigan when he was recruited to live in Myelin, a hacker house near campus.
    10/21/2024 - 10:06 pm | View Link
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