Yeah this one got me. I have nothing to do with YC but I was hired to consult to a couple of really nice young guys who were YC alumni. They worked their asses

Yeah this one got me. I have nothing to do with YC but I was hired to consult to a couple of really nice young guys who were YC alumni. They worked their asses off doing All The Right Things - talking to customers, reaching out to people with deep experience :) - and when they realised it wasn’t going to work out, they pivoted right away. This is the exact opposite of digging in one place for the rest of your life, and as someone who has done a few startups, I was super impressed by their attitude and their ability to let go (even though I was out of a gig!) I think they’re going to do great whatever they do, and at least some of that will be because of what they learned at YC.