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by mattlong 3059 days ago
Lots of YC companies | Software engineers of all kinds | Everywhere, though mostly in the US | Mostly on-site, but some remote too | Full-time and intern

A few months ago, a team of us at Y Combinator started working on a "common app", so that people could apply to all Y Combinator companies at the same time. It seemed silly to us that even though so many companies are struggling to hire people, it still requires O(n) effort to apply to n companies.

So, we built workatastartup.com. It's a simple way to apply to all YC companies at the same time. It's only for hackers / engineers for now (we hope to open it more broadly later). If a company is interested, you'll get an email directly from one of the founders.

It seems to be working pretty well - many of the people who posted a profile have gotten more than a dozen company founders reaching out to them, and some people have gotten jobs through it already. We'd love if you filled out a profile and let us know what you think (workatastartup@ycombinator.com) : https://www.workatastartup.com
1 comments
mmt 3059 days ago
> It's only for hackers / engineers for now

I'd say it's even more narrow than that:

"Which software engineering roles are you interested in?"

Considering that the form doesn't ask much in the way of software- or programming-specific questions, why wouldn't you broaden it to at least all technical roles?

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snowmaker 3058 days ago
That's a good point. We're starting with software just because we want to make sure it works well for a narrow focus before expanding. I'll be really excited to expand to hardware soon.
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allenleee 3058 days ago
"Which software engineering roles are you interested in?"

True, it's hard for me to just pick one. I believe lots of people here can do full-stack + iOS + Machine Learning...

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donretag 3058 days ago
It's even more narrow than that. I have not created an account, but I am assuming the companies are going to be extremely Bay Area specific. In fact, the form states:

"Where do you currently reside? (Some companies help with relocation, but others cannot afford to yet.)"

In other words, we don't care where you are, as long as you end up in the Bay Area.

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