"Some simply like the control, autonomy and culture of a startup."
But those are the people that work for startups, as early employees. And they can frequently make more than $15K from it.
The folks applying to yCombinator are typically those that either don't want to be employees or have already been employees and decide they want to move on. They wouldn't even have a yCombinator app if they didn't have their own ideas. If you want someone to work on your idea, you have to compete with the hundreds of other Boston-area startups that are now hiring.
But those are the people that work for startups, as early employees. And they can frequently make more than $15K from it.
The folks applying to yCombinator are typically those that either don't want to be employees or have already been employees and decide they want to move on. They wouldn't even have a yCombinator app if they didn't have their own ideas. If you want someone to work on your idea, you have to compete with the hundreds of other Boston-area startups that are now hiring.