Changes at YC

Post by TheHappyOddish » Sat, Mar 18, 2023, 3:19 PM UTC

hsn915 wrote: post #370

fblp wrote: post #368

Wow. First time I've seen a layoff post that starts with boasting success. Summary: "6% of the companies we invest in are worth a billion dollars. We're laying of 20% of our staff. We appreciate their efforts. No comment on how we're taking care of those laid off or remaining staff"

Why do they need "taking care" of? Are they fragile school kids? Desparate single mothers who can't make ends meet? What is with this "save our babies!" attitude towards people who are - Well off - Highly skilled ??

Seems to be a weird American tech thing. In the real world, people lose their jobs, do their notice period (if any) and take steps towards securing a new one.

For whatever reason, American tech workers appear to think they should get 5-10x the median income or more, also get stock in the company, also have flexible work/life hours and also be "looked after" (what does this mean? More money?) after they're fired.

They're clearly in a bubble.

Post by Zetice » Sun, Mar 19, 2023, 11:03 PM UTC

dvt wrote: post #559

Zetice wrote: post #505

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> From the second source: "A bailout occurs when the government makes payments (including loans, loan guarantees, cash, and other types of consideration) to a liquidity-constrained private agent in order to enable that agent to pay its creditors and counterparties, when the agent is not entitled to those payments under a statutory scheme." So literally not what happened, got it. Of course you don't feel burdened by t…

> Frankly David, you should know better. Weirdly making things personal is often an indication of losing, not winning, an argument. Either way, I should know better than to get into debates with brand new anon accounts on HN. Cheers.

Oddly, commenting on the age of an account is likely a larger indicator of losing, not winning, an argument.

You're typing your responses on a computer bought with money from investors that ended up with you. Do better.

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