I think a larger amount would definitely have convinced me to apply to YC, but 150K is waaaay more than I'd need. My issue is that I'm not 19 and I have a high

I think a larger amount would definitely have convinced me to apply to YC, but 150K is waaaay more than I'd need. My issue is that I'm not 19 and I have a high cost of living--I don't fit either profile. My real problem is that they, and other incubators to an even greater extent, have cultivated a hippy atmosphere where scraping by on peanuts is glorified and everyone drones on with a humorless "I'm not in it for the money." Pass.