Re:I Am Sam Altman, President of Y Combinator. AMA
by jasonmcalacanis on Saturday March 19, 2016 @07:39PM
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When I was broke I would sometimes ask folks "hey can you should me how you would tackle this problem?"
It was then up to them to do the spec work or not.
However, when I was able to afford to pay folks, I was like "well, if I pay three people $500 or $1,000 to do a project and pick the winner as my eventually designer, that's a good use of $1,500!"
Thanks for taking the time to share this story. I'm far from perfect, but I work really hard every day to help as many people I can.... because so many people helped me get to the top of the mountain!
It was then up to them to do the spec work or not.
However, when I was able to afford to pay folks, I was like "well, if I pay three people $500 or $1,000 to do a project and pick the winner as my eventually designer, that's a good use of $1,500!"
Thanks for taking the time to share this story. I'm far from perfect, but I work really hard every day to help as many people I can.... because so many people helped me get to the top of the mountain!