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This is an amazing recruiting tool for YC and is a page out of JOEL SPOLSKY's book: "So if the top 1 percent never apply for jobs (aka get startup funding), ho
by startupfounder 12y ago
This is an amazing recruiting tool for YC and is a page out of JOEL SPOLSKY's book:
"So if the top 1 percent never apply for jobs (aka get startup funding), how can you recruit them? My theory is that the best way is to find them before they realize there is a job market (aka startup funding)--back when they're still in college."[0]
[0] http://www.inc.com/magazine/20070501/column-guest.html http://www.inc.com/magazine/20070501/column-guest.html
- ph0rque 12y agoNext cycle, there will be a new question on the YC application: "Have you taken YC's course, or followed along online?"
- staunch 12y agoIn 2006 YC ran this ad in The Stanford Daily. I always thought it was funny. http://i.imgur.com/HuQxIXT.jpg http://i.imgur.com/HuQxIXT.jpg
- mikkelewis 12y ago"if you need it"
- kibaekr 12y agoHaha!
- alexanderss 12y agoThis ad is the poster (pardon the pun) for YC sexism, it still appears in women in tech blog posts all the time. Hard to imagine being a Stanford student in 2006 who has never heard of "Y Combinator" and sees this ad. May get a laugh from a guy like Evan Spiegel, but is just plain creepy to a woman.
- mqsiuser 12y agoSergey and Larry actually "just got a job" after graduation: Researchers at a university pursuing a phd. They used THIS JOB to develop the technology for their (later) company. Then they FIRST tried to SELL the (search-)algorithm and when they didn't find someone (to pay a couple of millions) they started Google. AND... Larry is/was the driving master mind taking Sergey (and a lot of others) with him to success. Well... it's an add.