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I recently had a (current) YC founder approach me online about interviewing for a job. He messaged me on Quora soon after I'd posted a spate of answers for a c

I recently had a (current) YC founder approach me online about interviewing for a job. He messaged me on Quora soon after I'd posted a spate of answers for a chic programming topic. We set up a phone screen the next day and then he silently hung up halfway through my answer to the first question. He'd asked "so are you a dev or a designer or what" and I guess "I configure and integrate custom enterprise software packages" was the wrong opening for me to use. I'm going to have to assume we wouldn't have been a good match.

mgkimsal 16y ago
How unbelievably rude of him. Even if you're not what he's looking for, he could have at least asked you for referrals. You'll probably never refer anyone to their product/service again after having been treated that shabbily (I know I wouldn't). Feels like you should name names, but even if you don't here, you'll probably do so when retelling this in person to other people.