I think this is the 2nd such interview where an early employee was a founder of a different YC startup that fizzled out. I think it underscores one of the power

I think this is the 2nd such interview where an early employee was a founder of a different YC startup that fizzled out. I think it underscores one of the powerful aspects of YC as a network–the startups that fail become a solid pool of candidates for the ones that take off. They've already been vetted as resourceful hackers (or they wouldn't have go into YC) and they're already accustomed to the startup life (not like you're trying to poach them from Google). If it was planned this way, it was very smart. If it was an unintended consequence, its very fortunate.