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Re:Ask HN: Startup School — is it worth it? by metanoia on Wednesday October 02, 2013 @12:48AM (#6480672)
:( I'm an engineer and wasn't accepted. I probably didn't fit the heuristic of "top school" and "under 25".
Re:Ask HN: Startup School — is it worth it? by argonaut on Tuesday October 08, 2013 @12:19AM (#6513017)
Hardly. Without knowing more details, it's impossible to know why you didn't get in. But certainly pg has openly acknowledged that there is a higher bar for older/more experienced applicants, and that's because more is expected out of them.