I can't help but think that, even if YCombinator is the same it has always been, I honestly do not understand the culture they are trying to foster. Is it that

I can't help but think that, even if YCombinator is the same it has always been, I honestly do not understand the culture they are trying to foster. Is it that you weren't meant to have a boss, or that smart investors make good bosses (have a whole group of them, even if it costs your company money). I have noticed the average programming chops of a YC founder has gone down a lot, and I thought that was a group core value, and remarkably close to mandatory. I hope YC is both a financial success and changes the lives of the founders in the program for the better. But it isn't something I would apply for anymore. I feel like, as someone who wasn't popular in school, but loved lisp, I am no longer part of the in-group, because I don't have experience with Finance or Sales.