[reitzensteinm]

You complain about meaningless statistics and in the next breath introduce one of your own.

The median outcome of asking someone out, applying for a job, learning an instrument, starting a side project, writing a novel, picking up a sport, learning a language and any other of the thousands of things that make life interesting are all negative.

You fail, yielding zero value, and you could have done something safer with your time instead. But that's not a reason to not take chances.

If your startup fails, you can always go back to that cushy job at Microsoft. You're out 6-12 months - who cares?

Do you believe that the median YC graduate regrets their decision to enter the program?