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Re:YC Fellowship by robotnoises on Monday July 20, 2015 @01:57PM (#9917791)
Hi! I am 32 years old, have a young family, and a steady software engineering job at a large software company. I have always loved the idea of a traditional YC experience but have never applied because I feel like I am not at a stage in my life where I'd be a good fit. Is it fair to say that this Fellowship experiment is an attempt to examine the "may have a good idea but is not very mobile" demographic?
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Re:YC Fellowship by mattkrisiloff on Monday July 20, 2015 @02:11PM (#9917886)
Yes! That's part of the reason we want to work with remote teams -- to get to work with people who can't make the move to the Bay Area.

That said, if you wanted to apply to the normal YC W16 batch after YCF, you'd still be asked to make the move.

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Re:YC Fellowship by dzlobin on Monday July 20, 2015 @02:25PM (#9917973)
Do YCF teams need to apply via the usual application at that point?
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Re:YC Fellowship by kevin on Monday July 20, 2015 @02:36PM (#9918056)
Yes. http://fellowship.ycombinator.com/faq/#probability
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Re:YC Fellowship by robotnoises on Monday July 20, 2015 @02:42PM (#9918091)
Great, that is very encouraging. Thank you.
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