My YC Interview Experience

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Thanks for sharing your experiences, 'though I've yet to try interviewing with YC, stories like this are always encouraging (even though things didn't work out for you this time around - I'm sure there will be plenty or opportunities in the future!).

Soldier on, man.

dude, you're a hustler - somehow i don't think this minor setback is gonna slow you down.

thanks man we should skype some time

You say you've been programming for 9 years. You're 19 or so. That does not equate to true 9 years of experience, compared to say someone who's been working professionally for that long at a 9 - 5 job.

I find it amusing how you penny pinch on day to day food purchases, keeping track of it all in a notebook, but then expect to get hundreds of thousands of dollars of VC money.

I'm far from an expert in this but I don't see how you'd get funding unless you have a really great idea. It's cool how you can create a site really quickly though.

hey thanks for your comment! so yea definitely those years of coding experience aren't the same as working full time at a job for 9 years I never claimed that it was. but I would still argue that it's significant experience given that I've consistently coded almost every week if not every day during that time.

about the penny-pinching - I think doing so means I'm more attractive as an investment because I'm unlikely to waste the money given to me.

and about the idea I think I could get funded with a good idea, but traction and revenue trumps idea. I'm not really actively looking for investment at this point anyway, just to build awesome things that people want to pay for.

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