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>In 2010 we had one applicant that we noticed during the interview looked like Zuck—particularly his long neck. The guy's startup did terribly. Afterward it bec
by parfe 12y ago
>In 2010 we had one applicant that we noticed during the interview looked like Zuck—particularly his long neck. The guy's startup did terribly. Afterward it became an ongoing joke within YC. How could he have done so badly?
This passage feels inappropriate to me. In fact, the tone of the entire blog post seems off.
- inappropriate 12y agoInappropriate is good.
- thro2 12y agoIt's a Thing You Can't Say--which makes it likely to be a dangerous truth. Zuckerburg has a long neck.
- jfarmer 12y agoNo. There's someone out there who probably just learned he has been the butt of an ongoing joke among YC partners for the last 4 years.
- DontBeADick 12y agoGlad I'm not the only one who found this post surprisingly petty and immature. Not to mention egotistical -- seriously, had anyone heard of this until just now?
- seanlinehan 12y agoI've heard this quote repeated literally dozens of times.
- simplicio 12y agoYea. Reads like Paul may have fired up the computer after having a little too much fun out on the town Friday night. Maybe if I make an app that locks people out of their computers after 9pm on Fridays, I can get Y-Combinator to fund me and solve the problem. I do have an unusually long neck, which I've heard helps.