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Everyone here wants to look like the next Steve Jobs in front of YC, no one wants to look like Steve Wozniak.



>Everyone here wants to look like the next Steve Jobs in front of YC, no one wants to look like Steve Wozniak.

I think it's interesting that this wasn't the vibe that was here around the time of the first few YC cohorts. Everyone posting here was chatting as if they wanted to embody the Richard Stallman/Wozniak prototypical hackerman. I think once YC grew and this became a place to network with successful industry insiders rather than tech savvy ultra-geeks doing it for the love of the game that the tone changed hard.


Like the thought.

Fun part is that most likely being Wóz would get you to be hired or partnered with because guys running the show think they all are Jobs.


I'd say--- to a good approx--- everyone here in the comments wants to work like Wóz & sound like Jobs.

(Very few are actively looking to be hired, and those that are would rather post a frontpaging deepdive blog than practise their commentary?)




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