Basically, Paul Graham taught nerds how to be rich. So now they are suave.

we could make one?

Yes the twitter dropout only helped Amy gain exposure

I know people who met on AOL instant messenger. Big Deal

Terrible example by me, sure. But do you know of any Middle Eastern revolutions supported by AIM? Long form journalism ala @MayorEmanuel? Any academic studies examining mood on AIM and how it correlates to stock market performance?

Agreed.

1980: I know people that met at a local Young Republicans mixer.

1975: I know people that met at a disco and/or roller derby

50,000 BC: I know people that met in a cave.

I will be using this for my project Here: http://statgadgets.student.iastate.edu/teaching/binomialci/

And here:http://statgadgets.student.iastate.edu/teaching/LeastSquares...

Thank you

You mean Justin Kan?

I think Spolsky settled this dichotomy back in 2000: http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000056.html

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A better question would have been "what are the big failures of YC" - smaller list to iterate through.

If the reason your not offering someone a job is because they messed up technical questions, I think its a good idea to give them candid feedback on the spot. Its objective. If you are having to choose among several qualified candidates, then I think this is asking for trouble, since there isnt an objective clear reason for the person not getting the job.