Doing YC at 38: A non-traditional founder's journey
garrytan · x · 2026-09-02
A personal account of joining Y Combinator at the age of 38. The author, Lluis Manrique, describes not fitting the typical Silicon Valley founder mold (not a Stanford dropout or prodigy) and starting closer to age 40. The post highlights the support received from the community and the experience of pivoting careers at a later stage in life.
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