Based on YC's directory, there are approximately 13,000 YC founders since YC started. 105/13000 is a very small number to focus on. This data doesn't really mean anything.
I wonder what the income distribution is like
At least 105 past YC founders have worked at OpenAI and Anthropic
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Re: At least 105 past YC founders have worked at OpenAI and Anthropic
#32Effectively, industry roles are a tiered system which determines access to the cashflow. Going the YC founder route is a much faster and more efficient way to secure a high tier than climbing the SWE ladder. The whole thing resembles a kind of mini class system, with high tiers granting access to generational wealth, and low tiers being better off than the average non-industry Joe. Once you're in the high tier, there…
I’ve seen many people climb the SWE ladder or build a YC company (having done both myself), and trust me the founder route is not the most efficient. You only believe this because you didn’t see the 2 failed startups and 10 year journey grinding 80h weeks almost running out of cash a few times. Jensen Huang himself says nobody in their right mind should start a company https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2024/05/11/jensen-huang…
What part of "start a company" requires "grinding 80h weeks"?
Sounds to me as inability to delegate. Or implicit in the [acquire VC, aim for high growth] mindset as if that were the only path to success.
Companies can grow organically. With a positive cash-flow early on & reasonable work/life balance for founders & employees alike. Heck, there's even non-profits.
Re: At least 105 past YC founders have worked at OpenAI and Anthropic
#33alternate title:
Where are YC founders now who went to openai and anthropic ? OpenAI and Anthropic, mostly
Re: At least 105 past YC founders have worked at OpenAI and Anthropic
#34Based on YC's directory, there are approximately 13,000 YC founders since YC started. 105/13000 is a very small number to focus on. This data doesn't really mean anything.
What I find more interesting is how many people have left big orgs where they had major leadership roles, to become ICs at Anthropic.
Re: At least 105 past YC founders have worked at OpenAI and Anthropic
#35It’s a big club and you ain’t in it
Re: At least 105 past YC founders have worked at OpenAI and Anthropic
#36Based on YC's directory, there are approximately 13,000 YC founders since YC started. 105/13000 is a very small number to focus on. This data doesn't really mean anything.
What I find more interesting is how many people have left big orgs where they had major leadership roles, to become ICs at Anthropic.
You're surprised that people are trying to capture a bag that could possibly lead to multigenerational wealth in the tune of tens to 100s of millions?
Re: At least 105 past YC founders have worked at OpenAI and Anthropic
#37Based on YC's directory, there are approximately 13,000 YC founders since YC started. 105/13000 is a very small number to focus on. This data doesn't really mean anything.
What I find more interesting is how many people have left big orgs where they had major leadership roles, to become ICs at Anthropic.
Is it interesting? They want to be rich.
Re: At least 105 past YC founders have worked at OpenAI and Anthropic
#38Based on YC's directory, there are approximately 13,000 YC founders since YC started. 105/13000 is a very small number to focus on. This data doesn't really mean anything.
What I find more interesting is how many people have left big orgs where they had major leadership roles, to become ICs at Anthropic.
I think it is more than just money. Having a hand in steering the ship that they think will change the world is pretty attractive. I came out of retirement just to watch the spectacle.
Re: At least 105 past YC founders have worked at OpenAI and Anthropic
#39Earlier quoted context omitted.
What I find more interesting is how many people have left big orgs where they had major leadership roles, to become ICs at Anthropic.
You're surprised that people are trying to capture a bag that could possibly lead to multigenerational wealth in the tune of tens to 100s of millions?
I'm not surprised, but what is surprising is we're now in a period in which the mask is slipping and no one seems to care enough to try to put it back on.
For all the hubris and arrogance of the tech scene, and especially the Bay Area's, founders at least pretended to pursue a greater calling than money by leaving cushy gigs to pursue a new venture they were passionate about. Sure, that only lasted a handful of years before it became a gold rush to move to the Bay for YC and pursue the startup-to-acquisition pipeline, but they at least pretended to care.
The naked pursuit of wealth at the cost of potentially tearing apart society is mildly alarming because the scale it's happening at is so big.
Re: At least 105 past YC founders have worked at OpenAI and Anthropic
#40The fonts the layouts it all screams claude at me. I still can’t put a finger on it. I’ve seen real people use these fonts and layouts yet theirs look original. Whoever finds an explanation for this solves AGI (/s)
It's a set of properties/attributes commonly referred to as "style" (generic, not the CSS one). Or call it look & feel.
So you're saying the site screams "Claude's style!" to you. Not too different from "I know a WordPress site when I see one".