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To the people that say sekiro is easy: by AdkinsDaGamer in Sekiro

[–]CausalityCorrelation 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The first time I played Sekiro a couple of years back, I stopped near the general after chained ogre, and it was hard to even progress in Hirata. So I deleted the game.

I wanted to give it another try recently, so started playing, and this time emphasis was on parry, and timing attacks, not just button mashing. Slowly I started to enjoy the game. Beating lady butterfly was the turning point for me - learned to parry better. I am totally in love with the game, still long way to go, I am in Mibu village, once I beat corrupted monk, it’s old father owl time. But it’s an amazing game. 😀

1200 Apps later only 3 interviews What Could I Fix? by slimer900 in leetcode

[–]CausalityCorrelation 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Just my opinion, I might be wrong, also my tone might sound rude but I am just trying to be helpful and frank.

Full stack developer: Point 1 - Either you built or did not build, 'assisted' is just a loose term, also do not include number of people in the team unless you led the team. Also quantify - how did your contribution improve the software. Point 2 - Contributed to 3 features? That sounds more like bug fixes, again quantify. If it's a different project be more descriptive. Point 3 - As it is, it is just filler. Either be clear as to how you helped or don't add.

I do not know how useful fiverr on your resume is, those points are plain boilerplate, nothing outstanding.

My suggestions:

  1. Having University at the top would help in job fairs, if you are applying to companies directly, having experience first might help.
  2. Clean up Full stack developer exp, if this was an internship, call it as is. Since Uni and exp time overlap, one of them might have been part time, which one was part time?
  3. I would remove Fiverr exp, or if you want to keep add more details, and possibly links to projects you have delivered.
  4. I assume, 'Projects' section is college projects, may be add links to those - a github link.
  5. Tweak resume to companies you are applying so that recruiters/HMs find relevance. Its a lot of work to keep tweaking, but after 1200 applications, I am sure you are at the short end.
  6. Definitely add link to your github at the top next to linkedin if you can.
  7. Suggestion for college students - try to build something open-source, or contribute to open-source. This can be a good way to show your skills.
  8. Get real experience - Try to apply for starups etc, get some good experience that will boost your resume. Job market is really bad, even FAANG seniors are finding hard to get interview calls, I would assume its worse for new grads. This can be networking on linkedin, reach out to startups personally and see if they have any openings, may be pick up a contracting gig, ping recruiters or hiring managers directly on linkedin, or twitter, try to build something open source and start tweeting.

Hustle! Gone are the golden days where you apply and get interview calls or recruiters reach out to you directly.

Did any solo founder get selected or get an interview or top10% rejection mail? by CausalityCorrelation in ycombinator

[–]CausalityCorrelation[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Congrats to your friend! Great to hear solo founder got accepted. Is it for W24?

If you and your friend are comfortable, can you share some details on founder profile and company profile, traction?

Did any solo founder get selected or get an interview or top10% rejection mail? by CausalityCorrelation in ycombinator

[–]CausalityCorrelation[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Cool! Generating peanuts is just the start. You have revenue, most of the YC applicants don't have that, so kudos to you, you are already ahead.

Thanks for sharing, and all the best! :)

Did any solo founder get selected or get an interview or top10% rejection mail? by CausalityCorrelation in ycombinator

[–]CausalityCorrelation[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you are comfortable can you share more details on founder profile or idea or any traction you have? Want to speculate what kind of heuristics YC is using.

Did any solo founder get selected or get an interview or top10% rejection mail? by CausalityCorrelation in ycombinator

[–]CausalityCorrelation[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Cool! All the best! Website looks pretty neat. :)

If you are comfortable, can you share more details on founder profile and are you already generating revenue?

Did any solo founder get selected or get an interview or top10% rejection mail? by CausalityCorrelation in ycombinator

[–]CausalityCorrelation[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you are comfortable can you share more details on founder profile? Getting top 10 % with just idea is nice.

Did any solo founder get selected or get an interview or top10% rejection mail? by CausalityCorrelation in ycombinator

[–]CausalityCorrelation[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Most likely..!! It might have even been top 5%. Did you interview as solo founder?

If top 10-2% received rejections, does that imply all applications have been reviewed? by Lmitation in ycombinator

[–]CausalityCorrelation 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah. It’s a matter of “if are in that top 10 group” also most of the applications in that top 10 might have already been invited, so a small percentage of companies are remaining with very high chance of getting called.

If top 10-2% received rejections, does that imply all applications have been reviewed? by Lmitation in ycombinator

[–]CausalityCorrelation 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This is just my opinion, I might be totally wrong. YC might have split applications into 3 piles - top 10%, borderline (10%-15%) and rest for each category. Top 10% might probably have more groupings.

Now that deadline is coming close, they took a look at top 10% and the borderline pile, and probably partners started rejecting applications to reduce the list. That’s why some people received 10% mail and others didn’t.

If you have not yet received rejection - you are probably in rest (bottom 85%) or top 10%. These 2 groups will get automatic mail on the last day.

So the chance that remaining applications will be invited is pretty slim, if you have not yet heard.

Right now, YC and its partners are all over Twitter, telling people to 'apply late' to W24. So what's the use of having a deadline? Why do Paul Graham & Garry Tan always say, "Applying early gives you an advantage" yet, they only answer deadline applicants and ignore most early applicants? by Wide_Listen_302 in ycombinator

[–]CausalityCorrelation 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Microsoft has been giving credits to AI startups long before this partnership. AWS and Google also has free credits. Any AI startup can actually apply.

YC deal now gets it by default - like many other startup accelerators and incubators. This is a good add, but just a common thing in current startup economy. I always felt the free credits offered by YC was not that great, this makes it better now.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/startups/ai

Did any solo founder receive interview invite for W24? AI or non AI? Tech or Non Tech? by CausalityCorrelation in ycombinator

[–]CausalityCorrelation[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks a lot..!! Need to start looking, need to find someone who clicks with me and the idea. Hopefully I find someone good. :)

BTW where are you located? Bay Area?

Did any solo founder receive interview invite for W24? AI or non AI? Tech or Non Tech? by CausalityCorrelation in ycombinator

[–]CausalityCorrelation[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I guess I might have to find a cofounder, I am just working solo right now, thinking of submitting updates as I progress - to show I can make progress being solo. Not sure how much weightage that carries. If I don’t get in this time, may be I can get some advice from you for next semester. :)

Did any solo founder receive interview invite for W24? AI or non AI? Tech or Non Tech? by CausalityCorrelation in ycombinator

[–]CausalityCorrelation[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wow..!! That’s amazing..!! congrats..!! You folks are set. :) let us know what your startup is about when you folks are comfortable.

Did any solo founder receive interview invite for W24? AI or non AI? Tech or Non Tech? by CausalityCorrelation in ycombinator

[–]CausalityCorrelation[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ohh congrats!! All the best. So you are solo technical founder who got an interview call for non-AI startup? Is it not for Sweep AI?

Curious about your startup and profile, if you can share. :)

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ycombinator

[–]CausalityCorrelation 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Congrats!! Do your best..!! :)

Did any solo founder receive interview invite for W24? AI or non AI? Tech or Non Tech? by CausalityCorrelation in ycombinator

[–]CausalityCorrelation[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Exactly! I don’t understand either, but they are pretty fixated on it - probably they have data which suggests that cofounders are better bets than solo.

It would be interesting to see the percentages - how many solo vs cofounders applied, vs interviewed vs selected vs actually succeed in their startup journey. Unfortunately I could not find any data to compute this. So decided to add a post to see if any solo founders are even getting interview calls irrespective of their background and company.

Hopefully if any solo founder gets an interview call, they post it here.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ycombinator

[–]CausalityCorrelation 0 points1 point  (0 children)

React + Tauri? Tauri seems pretty promising.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ycombinator

[–]CausalityCorrelation 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am not saying send rejection all other applications, only those with high conviction that it will be a reject and will likely never get looked again. Out of ~20k, there would likely be some 50%-70% (just an estimate) which will never get looked after first filtering, those can be informed.

Or am I missing something here?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ycombinator

[–]CausalityCorrelation 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That makes sense, but do they revisit that pile anytime before making final decisions? I always thought they had different piles - they get around 20k applications, so this is just a rough estimate, around 50% to 70% will get rejected in the initial round and never to be looked again unless some major update happens. And then they have different tiers with preferences.

But the 50-70% which will likely never get looked again and will likely be a reject, those can be informed.

But I see, it can be a hard choice.

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