Does it not strike you as somewhat narcissistic to assume that, because an article isn't valuable to someone in your exact position, it isn't valuable at all?

You comment reminds me of something I read recently in a novel by Ian McEwan, in which a character talks about the sort of novels she would like to read:

> "I suppose I would not have been satisfied until I had in my hands a novel about a girl in a Camden bedsit who occupied a lowly position in MI5 and was without a man."

The character is, of course, "a girl in a Camden bedsit who occupied a lowly position in MI5 and was without a man".

Not that other novels are/can be interesting as well, but I would find it fascinating to read a novel about myself.

Maybe you should write a book. It would be about yourself, no matter what.

This comment really is not in the spirit of HN. I would not attack the age of the poster and rather attack the merits of their arguments.

Pointing out the age here is a low effort way of saying that this person is giving advice about things she doesn't really have experience with.

Startup grind, big company ladder grind, marriage, university. Advice is given on all of these, but from what I can figure out from the website she only has minor experience with the startup part.

It can be an interesting read to see how inexperienced people view these things, but mostly this seems to touch upon something the author mentions in the post - self-confidence. She seems to have a ton of it to be able to dish out advice (to 80% of prospective startup founders) without having done any of it herself.

This. I think there are elements of fantasy of what it's like to work at a big corporate vs. working 'for' investors.

Also, I can't help thinking you'd learn a huge amount at YCombinator even if at the end of it you said, you know what, this isn't for me, you'd be doing it from a position of having actual experience that tells you that. She also mentions she'd prefer to work for a well founded early stage start up - I wonder where you can find those?

Can someone explain to me, what the value of metacomments like this are?

Don't assume that something is completely useless just because it isn't targeted directly at you or because you have more experience or knowledge than the author.

If the article didn't do much for you, consider the value to be in the comment section. It's a good topic for YC, and I see a lot of insight here, anecdotal and otherwise.

Well the article got people talking and sharing their own experiences, and I'd say that is valuable.

*girl, :)

Oh wow, I assumed mid twenties haha.

I feel conned.