[HN Gopher] YC is hiring a product engineer to work on co-founde...
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       YC is hiring a product engineer to work on co-founder matching
       (SF/remote, US)
        
       About two years ago, YC launched a site to help people find co-
       founders. We heard from a lot of people that the biggest thing
       holding them back from starting a company was that they didn't want
       to do it alone and didn't have any friends who wanted to do it with
       them.  So we built a site that's similar to a dating site but for
       co-founders, and launched it on HN:
       https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27750298.  Like any new
       product, we weren't sure how well this would work. Other people had
       tried this idea before, and none of them had really taken off. But
       we thought YC had some unique advantages in doing it.  Fast forward
       to now, and frankly it's worked better than we dared hope. In the
       first two years, YC has invested in dozens of companies that came
       from people meeting each other on the site. We wrote about three of
       the early successes here: https://www.ycombinator.com/blog/does-co-
       founder-matching-wo.... We believe that in the long term, this
       could be how hundreds or even thousands of successful startups get
       started.  Right now, only two engineers are working on this which
       is a bit crazy, so we'd like to hire someone else to help us move
       faster. We use Rails and React, but you don't have to have worked
       with Rails before as long as you have full stack web experience.
       The majority of the team is in the SF Bay Area where the YC program
       runs. You don't have to be in SF but unfortunately we can only hire
       people in the US at the moment.  YC offers highly competitive
       compensation and benefits, including equity in YC's portfolio.  The
       most unique benefit though, is that as part of the YC software
       team, you basically get full access to the YC program, founders,
       and partners - from our bi-annual batch retreats in Sonoma to our
       weekly meetups in SF. You'll learn the ins and outs of how YC
       works, and you'll get to know hundreds of startup founders. If you
       think you might want to start a startup someday, working at YC
       would be an excellent jumping-off point.  If you'd like to work
       with us, there's a formal job description here where you can apply
       (https://www.ycombinator.com/careers?ashby_jid=3d64f000-8d84-...)
       or just email me at jared@ycombinator.com. We'd love to hear from
       you!
        
       Author : snowmaker
       Score  : 1 points
       Date   : 2023-02-01 17:01 UTC (6 hours ago)
        
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