How is that different to the regular HN application process? You put in your application, it gets filtered by somebody who was a previous alum (or maybe you ha

How is that different to the regular HN application process? You put in your application, it gets filtered by somebody who was a previous alum (or maybe you had contacts that put in a good word) and maybe you get an invite. I'm not in any way railing against the process, that's just the way it is. If you don't like it, don't play.