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I dont think there's any point in my applying again - am likely on PG's blacklist. :D

• Tichy 19y ago
  why?
  • juwo 19y ago
    YC is about flipping companies for $millions. They have a formula. They are looking for child prodigies who fit a certain mold. People who walk, talk, think and perform a certain way. It is more like the Iron Curtain coaches who ran schools and would look for potential gymnasts for the next Olympics.
    • pg 19y ago
      If we have a formula, no one told us. The current group of founders range from 19 to 35, average 25. Their ambitions range from selling for a couple million to going public. Some are very unworldly hackers; others are business guys who don't know how to program. Their projects range from frivolous social networks to deep infrastructure. I was about to say that all they have in common is that they all work really hard, but even that isn't universal. There are some slackers in each group.
    • Tichy 19y ago
      Part of the appeal of YC is the opportunity to learn from others...
      • juwo 19y ago
        if we are not even given any feedback as to why our applications were rejected, then it seems peremptory and a complete waste of time. Surely, they could have copy-pasted even one summary line from their evaluation sheets? It is a simple courtesy.
        • andreyf 19y ago
          Agreed, something like "think more about tech question", or "think harder about innovative idea" would have taken 10 seconds, but have been significantly more valuable to an applicant - and yes, it is courteous to do favors for someone when the effort you put into it is so dwarfed by the benefit they receive.
          • staunch 19y ago
            As someone who has interviewed and hired quite a few people I disagree. I don't owe a rejected candidate anything. We both knew the arrangement ahead of time and both agreed it was worthwhile. We gave each other an opportunity and both contributed time to the process. We're even. I don't think this kind of entitlement-thinking will serve you very well. I recommend ditching it.
            • juwo 19y ago
              "I don't owe a rejected candidate anything" Not in the sense of owing him an explanation, but in the decent sense of giving him feedback so he can improve. After all, the candidate took time and trouble - it is a kindness. An application to YC is unlike an interview; with an interview you usually know what your weakness was, or what the interviewer's hangup was. If you consider this to be "entitlement-thinking", then does not your thinking seem arrogant? Actually, your thinking is a sign of weakness. When the candidate is stronger than you, or your decision was flippant, then you dont want to run the risk of being proven wrong or bested. So you choose the easy way out.
              • staunch 19y ago
                I would actually like to give feedback, out of friendliness and not because it's owed. Unfortunately, people with your attitude ruin it for the people that actually could handle it in a mature way.
              • far33d 19y ago
                A rejected YC application is much more like a trivially rejected resume than a rejected candidate who interviewed. Do you think employers have a responsibility to respond to every single resume that they get in the mail with detailed descriptions of where they can improve? Your complaints sound more like you are sour about being turned down than anything else.
• rms 19y ago
  Welcome to the club. :) You'd get an email if you were on the official blacklist, though.
  • juwo 19y ago
    hey rms, I didnt know you were a real live snake oil salesman! :) I thought it was just a figure of speech but apparently they do exist. heh (Just looked at your bio: "importing and selling unique herbal substances").