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Good YC Applications, More Interviews (twitter.com/paulg)
111 points by smalter on Nov 2, 2010 | hide | past | favorite | 17 comments


Shameless plug, if you can't sleep, come and drink the cool-aid and chat with other applicants: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1859162


You guys are really sleeping at night? :) Best time to work. Otherwise don't worry, be happy about being a pirate. You will eventually meet your angel either from YC or somewhere else :)


It's definitely not a deal breaker so you probably can get some sleep :)


Haha, not being able to sleep/working at night is a birth defect in my case.. Not because of the YC application, lol :)


I am getting goose bumps all over again. For me it's just like waiting for the graduate school admission results all over again :)


Stop worrying. Write code.


Don't forget the marketing. If you don't do it, nobody is going to do it for you. Today is not too early to start.


I couldn't agree with you more.

Just over the top of my head over the last 16 years I must have written a million lines of code but have sold nothing.

Gotta crack this nut !!


I included that in my random thoughts on the YC application. There's no question about how are you going to market your software and I thought there should be.


Each new line of code you write, will cost you 10 times more in maintenance over time.

Try to remove some lines of code instead ;)


"One of my most productive days was throwing away 1000 lines of code."

-- Ken Thompson


Going to sleep nervous and anxious like Christmas Eve when we were young.


Yea except unlike Christmas most of us won't be getting a gift tomorrow, or I guess a very, very, disappointing one.


People are sleeping?


power napping in order to attempt to stay focused and productive at work while waiting


LOL...this thread is HILARIOUS.

That's EXACTLY how I feel. Stomach in knots.


Tell me about it!




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