[pilingual]

I've learned that no one at YC saw this coming. My bad.

Also I thought YC was supposed to sniff out jerks, what happened to that?

My point was merely that YC is about startups which are all about growth. There is no requirement for innovation. Maybe there should be more scrutiny on the idea of the founders. Don't let in people just because they are formidable and went to Berkeley. Reddit's original idea, ordering via cell phone, was arguably innovative for the pre-smartphone era.

[borski]

> Also I thought YC was supposed to sniff out jerks, what happened to that?

Did you also think YC was perfect?

[pilingual]

No, but this is a huge oversight on character judgement.

There's a history of gloating here. So much so they named a podcast "The Social Radars."

Back to the point: they should consider re-evaluating their admission process. Heads down coding, talking with users, selling -- choose two. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gt9dnFp1M0E