(YC) create a factory farm for newly minted college grads to toil away in, each in their own niche. All of these startups come from the same school, and so they

(YC) create a factory farm for newly minted college grads to toil away in, each in their own niche. All of these startups come from the same school, and so they work the same way, using the same ideas, shared among them--so when the majority of these startups fail, the many graduates leave with the same monoculture of thought, which lessens the value of their experience That seems like a profoundly naive opinion. If you have the chance to meet any random sampling of yc founders you'll find that they come from extremely diverse backgrounds and leave yc with just as diverse experiences