[brandonb]

Congrats on sticking it through! This apparently happens more often than you'd think. I went through a similar experience a couple years ago: http://brandonb.cc/what-happened-when-my-co-founder-quit-the...

EDIT: I commented before reading the whole thing! Glad the blog post helped. And I'll bet your story will in turn help others. :)

I'm really surprised two YC founders gave you advice to throw in the towel. Doesn't seem very YC-like. Glad you didn't!

[cfield]

Indeed, she credits your blog post for giving her "confidence that someone else had done it before" (and noting that your situation "was way worse")!

I'm glad you both took time to share your stories. There are so many factors, known and unknown, that influence these kinds of outcomes. But, as pg has written [0], the one constant is simply ... DON'T GIVE UP!

[0] http://www.paulgraham.com/die.html

[emmiechang]

Yeah--not very YC of them to discourage me. But then again, I didn't seem like I was YC material at the moment they talked to me. I'm glad PB and my interview team took a chance on me though, I'm still going strong!!