[HN Gopher] What was the age of the oldest person admitted to Y ...
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       What was the age of the oldest person admitted to Y Combinator?
        
       It's one of those awkward late stage career things but I have a
       friend and colleague who is applying to Y-Combinator and wants me
       as a co-founder. We are both 53. Yeah I know it's illegal to
       discriminate on age but we all know it happens or it's enforced and
       they bring on someone mediocre to fulfill requirements. (I am an
       older person of color who has been through this kind of reception
       before. I wish people would look at my ability to do not my colour
       when hiring me.You are hiring me to do things not fill a colour
       quota.)
        
       Author : Timzzz
       Score  : 14 points
       Date   : 2023-10-02 21:01 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
       | carambacreator wrote:
       | This itself opens up a new opportunity. What if there is a
       | website with listings ONLY for 45+ (a parallel universe of sorts
       | for skilled seniors) ?
        
       | pedalpete wrote:
       | I've just turned 50, though I've applied to YC many times before,
       | even in my 30s.
       | 
       | It would be nice to know the answer to who was the oldest person,
       | but at the same time, why does it matter?
       | 
       | We can't deny that ageism exists in the industry, you're not
       | going to let that stop you from building your business, right?
       | 
       | Is there a benefit you get from age that younger people don't
       | have? How are you going to leverage that to your advantage?
        
       | thelastparadise wrote:
       | The truth is there's _massive_ ageism throughout this industry.
       | It 's everywhere --not just SV/SF/west coast, but it's much worse
       | in that region relative to others.
       | 
       | I feel it would be best to give you the truth directly.
        
       | dataminded wrote:
       | 1. You and your co-founder might have a lot of relevant industry
       | expertise or a productive Rolodex to accelerate sales.
       | 
       | 2. Have you built anything or validated the idea in any way?
        
       | starbase wrote:
       | The answer is on the homepage of ycombinator.com.
       | 
       | > We help founders at their earliest stages regardless of their
       | age.
       | 
       | > 52% of YC's billion dollar company founders were under 28 years
       | old and the oldest founder was in their 50s
        
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