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I don't get it. What's the intended message for his younger brother? That you should go into a steady, well-paying career because then you'll be able to impres
by spindritf 13y ago
I don't get it. What's the intended message for his younger brother?
That you should go into a steady, well-paying career because then you'll be able to impress women by picking up the tab at a fancy restaurant/bar? Or was it just poking fun at YC-as-a-cult?
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- andreasvc 13y agoThe message is satire.
- sanderjd 13y agoI am still unsure whether the author was 1) seriously making some decent points about YC's model underneath a (self-aware and -effacing or just tone-deaf, I'm really not sure) veneer of old-school snobbery and greed, or 2) sarcastically making the opposite points by presenting the counterargument in such unappealing terms. Either way, it left something of a bad taste in my mouth for both industries.
- speeder 13y agoActually, you are one of the few people that got the article 100% That IS the intention of the author (make you feel a bad taste for BOTH industries)
- unclebucknasty 13y agoI'm pretty sure it was option 1. In general, it was pretty scathing and precise in its take-down approach. And any lingering doubt about where he was aiming was removed by his closing comment.
- eru 13y agoI think the article pokes fun at startups and finance alike.
- kd0amg 13y agoWell, if you're not setting out to read something clearly stupid into the author's intent, you might conclude that he's questioning whether equity in some early-stage startup is really worth anywhere near as much as what those who have/offer it talk like it's worth.