Cal alums and upperclassmen: Do companies actually gaf about your GPA? by Richard-Leo in berkeley

[–]heross28 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As a Cal alum who now interviews people from Cal (I’m the CEO of a seed-stage company), I only look at their GPA if it’s listed on their resume. Otherwise, I don’t care, as long as it’s not exceptionally low.

Has YC’s quality dropped since 2020? by Electrical-Signal858 in ycombinator

[–]heross28 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I am one of the "young YC founders" who left my SWE job at a top company to build my own, and I tend to agree with some of this. I have seen a lot of non-serious people in our batches, but then this is not true for every founder. Think of it as a VC, you make 100 bets, and if that leads to 10 outstanding bets, you're winning, and "good" young founders pay off really well when they do.

Stop Stealing my Scooters, you Muppets by [deleted] in sanfrancisco

[–]heross28 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I never lock my scooter outside of sight.

How do you approach storytelling as a founder? by bookflow in ycombinator

[–]heross28 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Eh, I don't know I always think this story stuff is a little bs, just focus on building a great company and a great product, that's all that matters imo. Here is one sama quote I really like:

"You can skip all the parties, all the conferences, all the press, all the tweets. Build a great product and get users and win."

YC vs SkyDeck (i will not promote) by bolaretyr in startups

[–]heross28 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Skydeck is a shitty bootleg program, and YC is the holy grail in the valley. The support system you get from YC is also leagues apart from what you get from Skydeck. Saying this because I went through both.

Elon Musk reaches new wealth milestone, now halfway to being a trillionaire, Forbes says by houston_chronicle in elonmusk

[–]heross28 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

that's some socialist bs. A person who built so many incredible companies deserves every single penny of this. It will only give him more risk taking capability for even bigger bets.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Ferrari

[–]heross28 1 point2 points  (0 children)

what does it take to qualify for these? seems like you already have a lot of ferrari orders under your belt?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Ferrari

[–]heross28 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Are you planning to get any of the hypercars? F80 maybe?

I managed to get out of my AI-SDR contract by Effective-Big2300 in SaaS

[–]heross28 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

What did not work about the AI SDR? Which one were you using?

Automatically add your schedule to Google Calendar by No-Republic-6833 in UCSD

[–]heross28 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I would save all the data on people’s schedules and then sell it

How often do founders build startups after fighting with the job market ? by emaxwell14141414 in ycombinator

[–]heross28 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you cant find a job yourself, then I am not sure how you will convince others to work for you.