Comment by throw14082020
1 year ago
How many times did the author apply and get rejected from YC?
I have heard this sentiment before, from a less successful VC. After comparing them based on track record, it was clear YC is in a league of its own. I want to get advice from people who have built startups before. Looks at YC advisors on YouTube and you'll find they're all very successful.
Look at the partners and advisors at most VCs or accelerator programs, and you won't find that level of experience. You'll get mismanaged and start thinking like an investor instead.
> How many times did the author apply and get rejected from YC?
Author is not wrong.
This “YC is actually a negative signal” sentiment started back in 2018-2019.
The “actual” good entrepreneurs (e.g., the folks you expect from Harvard, MIT, Stanford, Berkeley) stopped applying to YC a while back.
There are different signaling mechanisms in 2024, which I won’t reveal here, because the “plebs” will turn it into shit, just like they did to YC, leetcode interviews, and FANG ML jobs.
You posting "better" signalling mechanisms (in your opinion) will not be the end of them... People don't do things because you think they're good. They'll find them by looking and copying existing companies' approaches.
You have failed to mention anything except to say approximately "YC sucks and I have something better but I don't want to share"
> You posting "better" signalling mechanisms (in your opinion) will not be the end of them...
Of course it will be the end. You think leetcode mediums are enough to land a FANG job in 2024? No. But in 2015, they were.
The top-tier are always adapting. Always one step ahead of the rest. Formula 1, top 5% dating profiles, mega churches, olympic athletes, cartel drug smugglers, private elementary schools, and elite entrepreneurs, all the same.
Me posting the “secrets” of 2024 make my life more difficult, because I actively use them. Sure, I’ll adapt once the game changes. But I’ll “rest and vest” until then, right?
> You have failed to mention anything except to say approximately "YC sucks and I have something better but I don't want to share"
I am not obligated to help others. Don’t like my attitude? Well then, you’re not going to like the top-tier culture.
Programmer/hacker culture used to have the positive, helpful camaraderie you are looking for. But that shit is long gone. Like I said, adapt.
I think I've heard about the different signaling mechanisms. Those are easily exploitable so good to not reveal.
You have a good hart