<story><title>Show HN: No YC interview, but here&apos;s my application</title><url>https://www.penflip.com/loren/yc-application</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>guynamedloren</author><text>I have a solid history of failing remarkably.  Good lessons learned, though.&lt;p&gt;To be honest I had no idea what I was getting myself into.  I was completely unprepared and under qualified, and it was my first job interview &lt;i&gt;ever&lt;/i&gt;.  I bombed it.</text></item><item><author>selmnoo</author><text>&lt;p&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;    &amp;gt; [ http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.lorenburton.com&amp;#x2F; ]
    &amp;gt; [...] I posted the site to HN and dropped a &amp;quot;share on twitter&amp;quot; button on 
    &amp;gt; the bottom of the page, racking up tens of thousands of hits and hundreds 
    &amp;gt; of tweets. I was in touch with Joe Gebbia (thanks pg!!) within hours, who 
    &amp;gt; expedited the interview process, and I flew to SF the next morning. Though 
    &amp;gt; I didn&amp;#x27;t get the job [...]
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Wait, &lt;i&gt;what&lt;/i&gt;?! You made &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.lorenburton.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.lorenburton.com&lt;/a&gt; ... and then didn&amp;#x27;t get a job at AirBNB? Goodness gracious. The job was for some frontend stuff, right? You seem pretty good at making frontend stuff, I can&amp;#x27;t imagine why you didn&amp;#x27;t get it.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>cmbaus</author><text>That&amp;#x27;s crazy that you didn&amp;#x27;t get the job. Considering AirBNB&amp;#x27;s growth rate, it seems they could have taken a risk that someone like yourself would grow into the position.</text></comment>
<story><title>Show HN: No YC interview, but here&apos;s my application</title><url>https://www.penflip.com/loren/yc-application</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>guynamedloren</author><text>I have a solid history of failing remarkably.  Good lessons learned, though.&lt;p&gt;To be honest I had no idea what I was getting myself into.  I was completely unprepared and under qualified, and it was my first job interview &lt;i&gt;ever&lt;/i&gt;.  I bombed it.</text></item><item><author>selmnoo</author><text>&lt;p&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;    &amp;gt; [ http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.lorenburton.com&amp;#x2F; ]
    &amp;gt; [...] I posted the site to HN and dropped a &amp;quot;share on twitter&amp;quot; button on 
    &amp;gt; the bottom of the page, racking up tens of thousands of hits and hundreds 
    &amp;gt; of tweets. I was in touch with Joe Gebbia (thanks pg!!) within hours, who 
    &amp;gt; expedited the interview process, and I flew to SF the next morning. Though 
    &amp;gt; I didn&amp;#x27;t get the job [...]
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Wait, &lt;i&gt;what&lt;/i&gt;?! You made &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.lorenburton.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.lorenburton.com&lt;/a&gt; ... and then didn&amp;#x27;t get a job at AirBNB? Goodness gracious. The job was for some frontend stuff, right? You seem pretty good at making frontend stuff, I can&amp;#x27;t imagine why you didn&amp;#x27;t get it.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>xsace</author><text>I would be fascinated to read more about that experience.</text></comment>