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I might be misreading this, but it seems like PG is humiliating one of his partners in public. EDIT: Yep, I was misreading this. It wasn't so clear that it wa
by georgeorwell 14y ago
I might be misreading this, but it seems like PG is humiliating one of his partners in public.
EDIT: Yep, I was misreading this. It wasn't so clear that it was an inside joke. I guess the joke's on me and the stereotypical non-partner VC, ha ha?
From Wikipedia:
Harjeet Taggar (born June 8, 1985), is a British businessperson and partner at the seed-stage investment firm, Y Combinator. He was formerly funded by Y Combinator and sold his company Auctomatic to Canadian company Live Current Media at age 22.
In 2010 he was named as the first new partner at Y Combinator since its founding in 2005, aged 25. In 2011 he was named on the Forbes 30 under 30 list.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harjeet_Taggar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harjeet_Taggar
- kiyoto 14y agoI think the whole thing is in jest.
- hugs 14y agoYes, you are misreading. Harjeet wrote a clever piece of satire mocking the insincerity of most VCs.
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- dangrossman 14y agoThis is mail from Harjeet written as if it's from a VC to a YC partner like himself. Since Harj is not a VC and is part of YC, he wouldn't write Paul a mail like that. It's satire.
- geoka9 14y agoIf it's an inside joke, then it's probably a good idea to explain it as such instead of downvoting the parent (not everybody on this site is an insider).
- georgeorwell 14y agoYC is apparently into inside jokes now: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5363290 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5363290 (t-shirt story) I wonder what that's about, if anything. The last time I really encountered inside jokes was in high school. It always seemed like some way to establish a dividing line between cool and uncool people.
- fnordfnordfnord 14y agoYes well you're now part of a super secret club of cool people.
- onemorepassword 14y agoIt's about HN increasingly becoming like Reddit. (And yes, that's a joke too.)
- dasil003 14y agoHave you never had an inside joke with someone? It's not about exclusion, it's about connecting with someone else (most of the time anyway).
- mieubrisse 14y agoBut whether or not the point is exclusion, I don't think you can deny that inside jokes foster a feeling of isolation for those not in the know.
- lubujackson 14y agoEspecially when you post it to your very public blog. Who is this post meant for?
- ralphleon 14y agoThe part at the end: "On a separate note, I feel like we could be doing more to help YC companies. We're in awe of what you've built over there at the Y and we'd love to grab a coffee and talk more about how we could be helpful to both the companies and you." Is the reason you should know this is satire.
- fgdsfgds 14y agoSince it did not appear satire to me at firs glance it means I'm quite naive when it comes to the VC world. Good to know.
- CamperBob2 14y agoI still don't get it, myself. Seems like a perfectly reasonable note.
- bestes 14y agoI think they get messages like this all the time, which is why they think it is funny. So, satire for this specific example, but suggests an increasing level of annoyance from the Y partners when they actually get these messages.
- bjornsing 14y agoReally? This is what gave it away for me: "From: Harj Taggar".
- jcampbell1 14y ago> I might be misreading this This is an inside joke. Harjeet is imitating how VCs typically respond to YC when YC asks the VC for feedback on a meeting with the startup founders.
- dsl 14y agoI read it the same way, until I realized that "<founder>", etc. was in the original.
- georgeorwell 14y agoOh, I get it now, I thought PG just censored those parts to protect his founders.