With few exceptions, I would recommend YC to anyone on the fence.
- Pro: The YC partners and staff went out of their way to make the remote experience as good as the in-person experience. We're in Singapore and the partners would make time whenever we needed it on our schedule/timezone - even though it was late/early for them
- Pro: The tooling is awesome. I didn't know this before the batch, but YC has a whole software team building tooling. They have some amazing systems in place, and as this article points out they are constantly improving it.
- Pro: Fundraising was better/easier (at least for us). This isn't particular to YC I guess, but because everything is on Zoom you can line up the meetings back-to-back, instead of commuting around the Bay instead of in-person meetings. This may be personal preference, but I find commuting exhausting and don't mind pitching over zoom.
- Pro: even though it's remote, you still get many of the things that make YC great - the brand, the network, the internal forums, the knowledge base, accelerator deals, advisors etc
- Con: Timezones. This is only relevant if you're living in a timezone that isn't handy to ET. Since we're in Singapore at the moment, most of the batch talks ("YC dinners") were midnight-2am. This is understandable - they chose a timezone which is best for the majority of the batch, and it would be tough to cater for everyone
- Con: It's harder to make connections with your batchmates.
Overall it's a strong recommendation from me - definitely worth doing.