ryankicks

Hundreds of YC companies | Software engineers, designers, PMs and more | Everywhere, though mostly in the US | Both remote & onsite, onboarding remotely | Full-time and intern

Y Combinator runs workatastartup.com, which is a simple way to apply to all YC companies at the same time. It's mostly for software engineers, and there are a number of non-technical roles there too. Founders browse based on their needs, and reach out to you; you only have to create a single profile. We designed it so it's a lot easier for you to engage with founders about open opportunities.

We recently built a page with the most actively hiring YC companies here:

https://www.workatastartup.com/job_list

It seems to be working pretty well -- many of the people who post a profile get more than a dozen company founders reaching out to them. A good number have gotten jobs through it already.

We'd love if you filled out a profile, and gave me feedback. And if you shoot me an email I'll try point you in the direction of companies that might be a good fit -- ryan@ycombinator.com.

YC’s Work at a Startup Expo on March 7th | Meet 40+ YC founders looking for Software Engineers [All Roles] | Los Angeles, CA | http://www.workatastartup.com/expo

On Saturday March 7th, YC’s Work at a Startup Expo brings together over 20 YC companies at one place. Founders of companies including GOAT, The Athletic and Intersect Labs will be there to meet with you and chat one-on-one, tell you about their startup and share open engineering roles on their teams.

This year’s companies include a range of startups from both Los Angeles and SF, including 2-5 person companies and bigger ones. All companies have raised money and are looking to hire -- some full-stack/generalist engineers, and others with specialized needs across data, infrastructure, security and more.

At the event, rapid-fire company presentations -- like Demo Day, but for engineers rather than investors -- will give you a way to quickly survey the companies. Following this, we'll have a casual open house for you to engage one-on-one with any founders and early engineers who you thought were interesting.

Apply here to attend:

http://www.workatastartup.com/expo

As a quick note: we're continuing to onboard more companies in Southern California. Recently confirmed are GOAT, Embrace and Intersect Labs (San Diego).

I apologize again for not checking my work earlier. Being from Anaheim, I've always hoped that a LA/OC startup community would emerge, and I'm hopeful that this event can showcase some great YC startups that have chosen to plant their roots down there.

Will provide more updates as they come, and hope to see many of you there.

You're right. I should have checked more carefully before noting that. The LA startups currently lined up and based in Los Angeles are: FightCamp, FLOWER, Relativity Space, Sorting Robotics and UpKeep.

I'm working to have a few others LA YC startups join us as well. The rest have founders & teams coming in from SF (and one from Chicago), and are eager to chat about remote or SF roles.

If these LA startups and/or the opportunity to relocate to SF isn't possible, you're right -- it's not a good fit.

Hi! YC companies are looking for a variety of roles; if you want to share a profile, feel free to email it to me and I can float around our community.

Thanks!

That is a fantastic idea. I'll do so, and let me know how I can be helpful!

Y Combinator's Work at a Startup | SF, NY & US mostly, some int'l | https://www.workatastartup.com

YC runs Work at a Startup to help engineers find roles at YC -funded startups. Find over 500 YC companies looking to hire for full stack, front end, backend, mobile and other roles for people to write code.

Apply once and have founders and early hiring team members reach out to you about open positions. Also taking applications for S2020 internships at YC companies: https://www.workatastartup.com/internships

Companies include both late stage and early stage YC companies including Brex, Gusto, Gem, Mutiny, Segment and many more.

If you have questions about WaaS or need career advice, feel free to email ryan@ycombinator.com

We'll have a live stream for people who can't make it in person.

That said, if you create a profile on http://www.workatastartup.com, you can engage directly with founders before the event.

If you're already logged in and have created a WaaS account, go to "My Application" and update the part that asks if you're interested in the Expo.

If you are not already logged in/do not have a WaaS account, you should see a button saying "Apply to Attend"

Yes, it definitely is.

When you apply, you can see & filter companies in the directory, including by location and remote.

YC Work at a Startup Expo on June 29th | Meet 40+ YC founders looking for Software Engineers [All Roles] | Mountain View, CA | http://www.workatastartup.com/expo

On Saturday June 29th, YC’s Work at a Startup expo brings together over 40 YC companies at one place. Founders of companies including Segment, Rippling and Mutiny will be there to meet with you and chat one-on-one, tell you about their startup and share open engineering roles on their teams.

This years companies include a range of startups, including 2-5 person companies and bigger ones like Segment, Checkr and Sift Science. Some are hiring full-stack/generalist engineers, while others have specialized needs across data, infrastructure, security and more. We hope this gives you more options to match your skill set, interests and risk appetite.

At the event, rapid-fire company presentations -- like Demo Day, but for engineers rather than investors -- will give you a way to quickly survey the companies. Following this, we'll have a casual open house for you engage one-on-one with any founders and early engineers who you thought were interesting.

Apply here to attend:

http://www.workatastartup.com/expo

If you click on a company to see more details, you will see an "About the Technology" section that lists the programming languages, tech stack and other relevant details.

The individual job postings (also under company details) also include more detail about the technology, role definition & responsibilities and (in many cases) salary/equity range.

As a final note, companies may be hiring for more roles than posted. We made it a requirement to have at least one job made public for the /expo site.

On non-eng roles: this is something we hope to get to, and soon. If you know talented Designers/PMs/PMMs, happy to help them find a role at a YC company in a more bespoke search.

On "Visa Required": where are you seeing this, particularly in the context of a job listing? If it's a particular company's listing (and it looks erroneous), I'll have the company update it accordingly.

Those are both great ideas.

We can certainly suggest to YC companies that they adopt side-project-friendly legal in their terms of agreement. Whether they choose to do so is entirely up to them, but it's worth bringing to their attention.

On international remote: for our Work at a Startup onboarding, we do ask your location and whether you're looking for remote roles. But I think you're right that we can go further by trying to help founders lower the bar to working with overseas engineers -- standard legal is a good starting point.

Thanks for these ideas, and I'll post with updates as I have them/if I get blocked, as maybe others here have experience in doing so successfully & smoothly.

Good point. The companies in attendance are definitely focused on software roles, with a few hardware tech companies mixed in (Volans-i and Standard Cognition).

If you have a background/expertise in CPG or ops/production and are looking, feel free to ping me at ryan@ycombinator.com and I'm happy to see if companies doing similar things are hiring.

Thanks!

Hi there!

Currently, the largest demand is engineers. There are YC companies looking for PMs & designers, but not as many.

That said, if you're looking for roles, feel free to send me a note at ryan@ycombinator.com and I'll see what I can do. I often have them come across my email, and happy to refer you when they do!

Doors open at 1PM. The rest of the schedule is displayed on the site as well:

https://www.workatastartup.com/expo

Thanks for the input, and I apologize that this is on a Saturday. Given the design and interactions we're trying to create, this is what happens to work for both engineers and founders at the moment.

A lot of people have ideas on remote/online events, and I love that idea. I'll see what we can do there. We're also experimenting with other formats, including evening mixers.

Lastly, if you're interested but the date is prohibitive, we'll work to get the presentations online in a format that works for engineers who are unable to make it over the weekend.

Additionally, if you need help finding a company that might be a better fit to your skill sets/interests, feel free to email me at ryan@ycombinator.com and I'm happy to do what I can.

Thanks for that post!

Just to clarify -- the startup conference looks to be for entrepreneurs looking to found new companies. With Justin and Ammon presenting, I'm sure there's a ton to get out of it!

The YC work at a startup expo is for engineers looking to join early (or late) stage startups. It won't be as valuable to early stage founders; YC has Startup School (https://www.startupschool.org/) and other programs for that.

There are various reasons you might want to work for a startup vs. start one yourself. If you're unclear which you might be more inclined to do, I'm always happy to chat and share my experiences.

Thanks for posting!

I'm certainly open to trying -- we've been experimenting with mixers and other methods to put engineers in touch with founders.

FWIW, Work at a Startup allows for engineers to designate that they are remote, which helps filter companies that are potentially open to such roles.

If you have ideas, happy to explore them!

One option is to sign up for workatastartup.com, which has YC companies that are hiring for eng roles. When you specify a location, it will show/filter companies in that area that are a fit for you.

If you're open to contract or remote roles, be sure to specify that on the site and it'll open up the search to companies that are open to both/either.

Lastly, I'm happy to share roles I'm aware of that might be a good fit. Feel free to reach me at ryan@ycombinator.com.

Justin Kan has a great post that is equally critical of startup compensation and management. He also makes positive points in favor of startups: as opportunities for non-FAANG candidates, for learning faster and (to some people) as a gateway to starting your own company.

https://www.atrium.co/blog/work-at-a-startup/

In line with Justin's post, learning has been a key motivating factor throughout my career. In particular, working at startups has given me better insight to the business that drives the company. I've sat on calls with sales people to understand customer asks vs. needs, and I've developed strategy alongside BD teams for driving adoption of technical platforms. For engineers who are interested in learning more about other functions/roles at a company (product, business development, sales), startups are sometimes flatter and can offer more exposure.

(That said, you can also get non-eng exposure/experience in larger companies. You may have to take a non-traditional eng role, such as sales engineering, partner engineering or developer advocacy. There are some perceived downsides of that path -- sometimes around compensation or building your core "engineering skill set" -- but it's a viable option.)