I think your comment would be much stronger without this statement:
But you have to consider: would Bill Gates or Steve Jobs really have smiled and nodded or would they have said "What the hell are you talking about, that's stupid." (We know what Jobs would have done anyway.)
That's a straw-man argument. pg didn't say or imply that they want people to "smile and nod" or who don't challenge them when they're wrong, you said that.
I've had over a dozen meetings during which my cofounder and I have challenged things pg has said. But we listen and try to understand what he says first.
YC wants people who are flexible and who will honestly consider feedback, but they don't want sycophants.
But you have to consider: would Bill Gates or Steve Jobs really have smiled and nodded or would they have said "What the hell are you talking about, that's stupid." (We know what Jobs would have done anyway.)
That's a straw-man argument. pg didn't say or imply that they want people to "smile and nod" or who don't challenge them when they're wrong, you said that.
I've had over a dozen meetings during which my cofounder and I have challenged things pg has said. But we listen and try to understand what he says first.
YC wants people who are flexible and who will honestly consider feedback, but they don't want sycophants.
EDIT: Typos.