Comment by SandersAK

I love the posts about how YC was better back in the day. It was the same, it's the same. It's just bigger and there's more timeline now to reflect.

If you think the partners (the core of which have been there since day 1) have really changed their outlook that much then you've not been paying attention.

YC has always been a smorgasbord of status seekers, dreamers, ruthless pragmatists, creators and artists. It's a big community that keeps growing, the good parts and the bad parts.

There were scandals then, there are scandals now. They pick some teams perfectly and others totally wrong. The most important thing is that they keep doing it every year and more people get access and a shot at doing their thing.

FWIW I was YC W14 and yes it was totally better back then and we were all geniuses and pure lovers of startups only with no ego...