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YCommonApp: Apply to 25+ YC-funded startups in under 10 minutes

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Re: YCommonApp: Apply to 25+ YC-funded startups in under 10 minutes

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Post by edanm »

shazow wrote: post #9
paulsingh wrote: post #6

Pardon my ignorance, but I don't get it. Why would you want to hire someone that "sprays" their application across 25+ companies?

The reality of an applicant is that there is extremely little information about a startup and its reputation, and what little there is is almost always identical to every other startup (free food, have an impact, big challenges, blah blah blah). You only really discover whether it's a good fit or not after you've worked there for months . If you're really lucky, after you've had all the interviews. But really never e…

This is especially true of YC companies, I suspect. I'm pretty sure all YC-funded startups have great working conditions, and most of them have pretty good ideas and a good chance of making it.

Re: YCommonApp: Apply to 25+ YC-funded startups in under 10 minutes

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Post by prog123hn »

paulsingh wrote: post #6

Pardon my ignorance, but I don't get it. Why would you want to hire someone that "sprays" their application across 25+ companies?

Why do you see Glade advertise Glade PlugIns on prime time television? Because sometimes you turn on the television to watch True Blood and still decide to buy a Glade PlugIn.

This model helps centralize the process for the popular companies, and it gives the less popular ones access to quality candidates. Everyone has a hiring problem.

Re: YCommonApp: Apply to 25+ YC-funded startups in under 10 minutes

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Post by nicholasjbs »

paulsingh wrote: post #6

Pardon my ignorance, but I don't get it. Why would you want to hire someone that "sprays" their application across 25+ companies?

There are several reasons. For one, most of the best engineers and hackers have jobs already. Even if they're not super happy with their jobs, the prospect of seeking out better places to work, submitting lots of resumes and cover letters, etc, has a high activation energy. The YCommonApp is a convenient way for people to get introduced to a whole bunch of high-quality and exciting places to work in a short amount of time.

Also, since it's a custom application, anyone responding to it will have taken the time to fill it out specifically, which eliminates the standard resume-sprayers on craigslist, et al.

Re: YCommonApp: Apply to 25+ YC-funded startups in under 10 minutes

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Post by cschep »

stevejobs wrote: post #17

Why would one apply to a YComb job when if one is skilled enough he can apply to YComb itself?

If you've got the skills, but no experience with the start up scene, it would be a great time to hone your skills while learning about what it really takes to make a business work (from scratch) first hand. You would come out (more) ready to do it on your own idea on the other end.

But yeah if you've got an idea and the skills and the motivation required, by all means apply you YComb yourself.

Re: YCommonApp: Apply to 25+ YC-funded startups in under 10 minutes

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Post by nicholasjbs »

stevejobs wrote: post #17

Why would one apply to a YComb job when if one is skilled enough he can apply to YComb itself?

Different people enjoy different things. For example, many hackers would prefer to work at a company where they could concentrate all their time on coding rather than start a startup themselves where they'd have to spend much of their time doing other tasks.
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