&gt; but the fact that she didn&#x27;t spend the extra year or two finishing her degree will make it more difficult if she does fail.<p>If she weren&#x27;t so well connected or known I&#x27;d agree with you. But she isn&#x27;t some unknown dropout who failed fast and hard trying to get into YC or bootstrapping in some random location in SF. Unless Theranos gets revealed as a giant fraud, I doubt she&#x27;ll find it tough to find another position in the future.