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YCPages - List of Y Combinator companies, founders and jobs with statistics

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Re: YCPages - List of Y Combinator companies, founders and jobs with statistics

#22

There's a real problem with the sex distribution numbers. Not saying it's a YC problem, but it is a problem. There're too many talented women out there to lose them to other industries. When we can pull them over here, watch out!

Can somebody who is more versed in this board explain to me why a comment like this would be downvoted? I don't understand what is wrong with this type of comment. Additionally, the comment I made responding to it was downvoted. I'm honestly curious...

Re: YCPages - List of Y Combinator companies, founders and jobs with statistics

#23
post #22

There's a real problem with the sex distribution numbers. Not saying it's a YC problem, but it is a problem. There're too many talented women out there to lose them to other industries. When we can pull them over here, watch out!

Can somebody who is more versed in this board explain to me why a comment like this would be downvoted? I don't understand what is wrong with this type of comment. Additionally, the comment I made responding to it was downvoted. I'm honestly curious...

When I got here it was just one downvote, so it's probably risky to ascribe one reason to it, and this is way too much of a generalization anyway, but I'll put it out there anyway...

I've met a lot of hacker types who are vehement about the fact that they are not racist or sexist, to the point that they take offense that women are kept out of technical fields due to sexism. I believe this could lead to a kneejerk reaction that gender equality is a non-issue, and any attempts to address it are nothing more than affirmative action undermining technical merit.

Re: YCPages - List of Y Combinator companies, founders and jobs with statistics

#25
Great Work. Like the design and the intuitive design a lot.

One small grammatical error: On the companies page, you have "Founder this company". Perhaps, you could change it to "Founder"/"Founder of this company".

Example link: http://ycpages.info/companies/143-answerly

Re: YCPages - List of Y Combinator companies, founders and jobs with statistics

#29
post #21

Strange that 5 founders are so much more common than 4 founders. Guess they want that tie-breaking vote?

I think that's the "unknown" piece you're looking at. 4 founders are much more common than 5.

Ah, yes. Probably not the best color choice there.
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