Any ☕ on YC vs Neo?

What advice will you give you to someone applying the first time? P.S. someone posted rejection question, I took the chance for approval lol

*IMPORTANT* Monday morning and nobody at office. We have no option but to force strict rules now: 1. If you arrive any later than 9:55 in office, it will be marked as half day leave. 2. Lunch breaks are supposed to be max 40 mins long. I accept basic courtesy of following this, if not, I’ll tag people on the group. 3. All leaves requests need to be emailed to me. Without any record on email, we might not be able give a record of how many leaves in each bracket are left for each individual. So don’t expect this data from us, if you don’t email. Icing on the cake, CEO didn't come to the office

Has anyone applied to YC? If yes what was your experience, what all have you done before applying to YC? What was your market segment? Any other stories and gyaan related to applying and working with YC please!

Too many normies on here.

I have worked at a YC startup and a non-YC one (Nexus backed). From my experiences YC one had very good work culture and business growth was rapid too. But Nexus backed startup gave me significant raise (10LPA to 18LPA). But the sample size is extremely low to conclude anything. Also, whenever a YC backed company’s recruiter reaches me out, he or she is delighted to see a YC tag in my resume. But some recruiters give zero Fs. Few dont even know YC. So, 1. Does a YC tag generally mean the startup is of higher in quality (work culture, team dynamics, business outlook etc.)? 2. Is a YC tag a plus point on resume while switching?

I was a part of the small tech team at Cafe Coffee Day. And there was plenty of shady stuff going on then. Here to spill the beans

So did you guys fill out YC application for S24 batch? I'm pretty curious to know anyone planning to go in with a product which already has been funded by YC. And does YC backs up competition?

Hey everyone! Sorry for the title. I had applied for a company, based out of Hyderabad. A startup, hiring for its founding full-stack engineer. The founder had sent their calendly link to schedule the meeting. I scheduled once, joined and waited long enough to receive an email saying that he got caught up in another meeting. The email explicitly said how sorry they were. Scheduled again, cancelled 5 mins prior because of a conflicting meeting. They apologized again, sent the calendly link, I rescheduled. I had an personal emergency because of which I couldn't attend so I sent an email, 5 MINS BEFORE THE MEETING STARTED, asking to reschedule. They shared the link, I rescheduled and they completely ghosted me. They think they belong to the top of the world or something, because of a fricking startup? Although it's YC funded but that doesn't give them horns! So I'm going to name and shame the company. LANDEED Founder - CJ Lin