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Ask HN: Does YC have an age bias?
- hollerith 3y agoEDIT: Ignore this. I hallucinated "HN" where it says "YC". Even if it does, that is OK because it is just an online forum, not a landlord or an employer or such. (I can say that because I'm in my 60s.)
- confoundcofound 3y agoYC the program, not Hacker News.
- drones 3y agoMy dad, who once applied to YC, said that YC favours founders between ages 25-35. Not too young to be inexperienced, not too old to have other obligations.
- sergiotapia 3y agoI got an interview at 33 years old last year. Curious how old the oldest person they interviewed was. I imagine they are looking for an intersection between age for energy, and experience for success.
- gardenhedge 3y agoI was going to say the funding isn't enough for anyone who isn't young but then I looked at the Y Combinator Deal: "We invest $500,000 in every company on standard terms." I always thought it was like $25k invested..