Shameful. Are there ethical standards to be part of YC?
YC startup offers interviews to people who get their name permanently tattooed
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#12How uninventive. The debased payoff is an interview for the desperate. Selection effects are terrible for both parties. Personally I find this marketing as distasteful as Monster. Text: 7 people left our YC afterparty with permanent tattoos. We hosted a YC Startup School afterparty at the LemonLime office to meet exceptional people, and find out which of them are just as crazy as we are. That’s why we brought an actu…
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Re: YC startup offers interviews to people who get their name permanently tattooed
#13How uninventive. The debased payoff is an interview for the desperate. Selection effects are terrible for both parties. Personally I find this marketing as distasteful as Monster. Text: 7 people left our YC afterparty with permanent tattoos. We hosted a YC Startup School afterparty at the LemonLime office to meet exceptional people, and find out which of them are just as crazy as we are. That’s why we brought an actu…
what’s their mission?
Re: YC startup offers interviews to people who get their name permanently tattooed
#14Can't wait to get my next employer's name tattooed on my forehead.
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Someone's regretting their decision?
Re: YC startup offers interviews to people who get their name permanently tattooed
#17I don’t think it’s necessarily a red flag for the person getting the tattoo but it is for the company. I have a few tattoos. All of them I mulled over for >1yr before I went through with it. I definitely wouldn’t do this. There’s others I know who are coated in them and getting another isn’t a big deal, just a bit of fun. Some people in related threads are getting moralistic on those receiving. There are people who d…
> isn’t inventive. I haven’t heard of this
Using your own knowledge as a baseline is a rookie mistake.