<story><title>Rejected Then Recruited: Our Journey into Y Combinator</title><url>https://repl.it/site/blog/yc</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>plinkplonk</author><text>&amp;quot;The YC partner I met had the feedback that an online REPL is not really a startup -- it&amp;#x27;s just a fun toy -- and that instead, I should join another company building a superficially similar technology.&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;Interesting, especially since PG has stated that many a good company looks like &amp;quot;just a fun toy&amp;quot; in the beginning. I&amp;#x27;d have thought that would be a heuristic YC folks keep in mind, and not use it to dismiss an idea.</text></comment>
<story><title>Rejected Then Recruited: Our Journey into Y Combinator</title><url>https://repl.it/site/blog/yc</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>ciacci1234</author><text>repl.it was one of the first platforms I used as I began my journey into the tech world. I very much appreciate the hard work and hours Amjad, Haya, and the rest of the team have put into their product.&lt;p&gt;With that in mind, I take a little issue with a YC partner saying the repl.it is a &amp;quot;YC Story.&amp;quot; On the contrary, I think YC is a part of the &amp;quot;repl.it&amp;quot; story, and they were mistaken to take so long to see the value in the company.</text></comment>