techiedudeblog

It should be pretty obvious from the post that I am a huge YC fan (and I added a disclaimer in the post in case you missed it).

You misjudged the intention of the post. Read the last few paragraphs.

Engineers were not encouraged to think independently.

Agreed! That was my biggest surprise - not lying but half-truths.

I didn't post here for you to feel sorry. I posted here so other people can learn from my mistakes.