I think that sentence was a poor addition, but my impression of Y Combinator from the author's entire post was that the author most highly valued the social exp

I think that sentence was a poor addition, but my impression of Y Combinator from the author's entire post was that the author most highly valued the social experience ("It reminded me of my first night at Columbia. My new friends and I sat on the hall in our dorm and talked. As we shared our first night exchanging childhood stories..."), which seemed to take on metaphysical properties ("we were somewhere truly special"). For all of the exuberance about the experience, however, I found a stark contrast in the final sentence of the post: > We aren’t sure where things will go from here. Shout may or may not succeed. But I know Henri and I feel fortunate to be a part of YC. Obviously, new business ventures always face a level of uncertainty, and the risk of failure should be acknowledged. But it's kind of strange that the author seems so detached from the success or failure of the business and so resigned to going wherever the world takes his business. In short, it reads like the author was a lot more determined to get into YC than he is to take the bull by the horns and try to make his app a success now that school's out.