This was written back when YC was a few companies per batch and all of the biggest successes were yet to materialize.
Today?
Stripe: 2,500+, AirBnB: 6,300+, Dropbox: 2,300+
I wonder if this stance changed a dozen years later now that there are several multi-thousand person organizations in the YC network. Does PG think differently today after seeing several examples of large companies run by people he knows personally, or would he tell a talented hacker not to work at Stripe because it is too big?
Today?
Stripe: 2,500+, AirBnB: 6,300+, Dropbox: 2,300+
I wonder if this stance changed a dozen years later now that there are several multi-thousand person organizations in the YC network. Does PG think differently today after seeing several examples of large companies run by people he knows personally, or would he tell a talented hacker not to work at Stripe because it is too big?