The YC Board of Overseers

Re:The YC Board of Overseers by seeingfurther on Tuesday June 03, 2014 @03:42PM (#7842299)

I think that's incorrect. Overseer is generally a term the English use when referring to administration of the poor. Not sure if it's still in use today.

Can you tell I liked me some Charles Dickens?

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Re:The YC Board of Overseers by 001sky on Tuesday June 03, 2014 @03:53PM (#7842349)

Here's the disambiguation from wikipedia:

In professions

[1] A supervisor or superintendent; one who keeps watch over and directs the work of others, often in the context of forced labor or slavery

[2] In law, a person appointed by the testator to supervise or assist the executor(s) of a will (mostly obsolete)

[3] Overseer of the Poor, an official who administered poor relief

It's muddled at best, but the usage in reference to a supervisory role in a professional context [1] is distinct from what you allude to [3], and [1] has the qualifier "often in the context of forced labor or slavery".

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Re:The YC Board of Overseers by seeingfurther on Tuesday June 03, 2014 @04:26PM (#7842509)

Very interesting. Raised in New England, college in Louisiana. I should know that!!

My cautious rebuttal...

Startups are generally poor when they arrive at YC. Maybe that's just Sam injecting a little sly humor like he did with that last line?

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