some context. The first part regd. time of the day was asked since PG mentioned (not sure if it was an essay or a comment on HN) that he used to get mundane st

some context. The first part regd. time of the day was asked since PG mentioned (not sure if it was an essay or a comment on HN) that he used to get mundane stuff done during the day, and then code from 9 pm to 3 am. This is not to say, PG ignores the early interviews and kicks it into high gear for the evening ones; just that if you look at the results, are there any insights or patterns. Re. the 2nd one, look at #9, Cialdini cites the case of the real estate broker.....: http://www.vinvesting.com/docs/munger/human_misjudgement.html http://www.vinvesting.com/docs/munger/human_misjudgement.htm... I agree that YC should not publish these stats, but if they did learn anything interesting that could be shared with everyone, it would make a good read.