I would be very very surprised if the man who has written Hackers and Painters gave as much weight to recommendation letters as this post would lead us to belie

I would be very very surprised if the man who has written Hackers and Painters gave as much weight to recommendation letters as this post would lead us to believe. Then again, I don`t know what YC is like. Seems to me that talent, hardwork, and all the cliche stuff would take you a lot farther.