I was a junior in college (summer of 07) and been working a disillusioning summer job as an undergraduate CompSci researcher when I first read about YCombinator and Justin.tv.
Knowing that there was a place out there for entrepreneurial geeks like me helped tipped the scales for me; YCombinator plus Hacker News itself has made me feel like I am not alone in trying to make it as a geek-entrepreneur and I am glad for it.
YC + HackerNews has made the tech world feel like a smaller, more accessible place for me.
Knowing that there was a place out there for entrepreneurial geeks like me helped tipped the scales for me; YCombinator plus Hacker News itself has made me feel like I am not alone in trying to make it as a geek-entrepreneur and I am glad for it.
YC + HackerNews has made the tech world feel like a smaller, more accessible place for me.