"Does it strike you as odd that the startup founders at YCombinator apparently get told when they can take a day off? Me too." That is pure and utter crap...

"Does it strike you as odd that the startup founders at YCombinator apparently get told when they can take a day off? Me too." That is pure and utter crap... There isn't a single mandatory day at YC (though you'd have to be a little daft to miss Demo Day). Paul (and the other folks at YC) haven't the slightest clue what hours (or days) the founders keep.