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I don't get it. What's the intended message for his younger brother? That you should go into a steady, well-paying career because then you'll be able to impress women by picking up the tab at a fancy restaurant/bar? Or was it just poking fun at YC-as-a-cult?
The site was quiet for a long time and has very recently re-emerged to take on the tech industry - albeit from the perspective of the New York finance type.
Outlandish and uncomfortably true.
Dup: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7220385
> To the uninitiated, this is a humour blog that was active until the debt crisis, focused on made up stories and rumors: http://www.leveragedsellout.com/2008/10/remember-the-titans/ .
Considering this guy is running a finance/consulting parody website, I have to assume there's a measure of jealousy and regret that the website he is running does not have attractive enough characteristics to be let into Y Combinator, although he must swim in some of the same circles as these startups. The main question I take away from reading this is how the average payout to a young college grad compares on wall s…
It seems that a lot of people are missing the point. Leveraged Sellout was famously satirical of the financial markets in the heady pre-crisis days of '06-'08. Even published a book: http://www.amazon.com/Damn-Feels-Good-Be-Banker/dp/B0023RSZK... The site was quiet for a long time and has very recently re-emerged to take on the tech industry - albeit from the perspective of the New York finance type. Outlandish and u…
I was at a conference recently organised by University College, London (arguably the top science & engineering school in the UK). With no hint of irony, the organiser welcomed attendees - "we're all here because startups are the best way to get rich after college".
In the last week, I've been contacted by 3 separate people I knew from Law school asking me how they can get into startups.