Re:What Was Remote YC Like?
by openquery on Thursday October 29, 2020 @12:13PM
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Great experience. Obviously I can't say what non-remote YC is like - and I assume that we did miss out on the interpersonal aspect of YC slightly.
But honestly, kudos to the YC team. At a time when remote working was not as established as it is today - things were still awkward as people were not necessarily used to socialising over Zoom - the array of tools which have been developed to make remote working easier during the pandemic were not as refined and so on - the YC team delivered a really excellent experience which was very fulfilling.
We had loads of time with the partners - we met a bunch of other founders (even became friends with some). Every event that I attended was executed perfectly, with almost 0 scheduling or connection issues.
The only reality (not much could be done about this) which was a bit awkward is juggling time zones. We are based in Europe so all events were deep in the PM.
(Also not paying an exorbitant rent for 3 months definitely helped our runway)
But honestly, kudos to the YC team. At a time when remote working was not as established as it is today - things were still awkward as people were not necessarily used to socialising over Zoom - the array of tools which have been developed to make remote working easier during the pandemic were not as refined and so on - the YC team delivered a really excellent experience which was very fulfilling.
We had loads of time with the partners - we met a bunch of other founders (even became friends with some). Every event that I attended was executed perfectly, with almost 0 scheduling or connection issues.
The only reality (not much could be done about this) which was a bit awkward is juggling time zones. We are based in Europe so all events were deep in the PM.
(Also not paying an exorbitant rent for 3 months definitely helped our runway)