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I'm guessing from the description that the company is in the public eye (i.e. post-public launch), so revealing what the company does or too many details would identify the company.
Early stage YC companies with revenue are rare enough that someone could make an educated guess and identify them anyway, those details would confirm it. And I presume there's a reason they don't want to be identified (if for example as ffumarola suggested they've lost their tech lead; which if made public could damage product sales).
Early stage YC companies with revenue are rare enough that someone could make an educated guess and identify them anyway, those details would confirm it. And I presume there's a reason they don't want to be identified (if for example as ffumarola suggested they've lost their tech lead; which if made public could damage product sales).
Also, it seems pretty obvious that they lost whomever was their technical person. You don't get to that stage in the game without a technical person...
Since Hacker News doesn't allow comments on job listings, there's no way to prod the author for more information. So, here's a plea for more information that would help people decide whether to apply to jobs listed here.
1. What do you do? You could be doing something social, or something super-technical, or anything in between. That makes a big difference when people think about their relevant skillset. I'd be terribly unqualified at RethinkDB, but maybe a lot more qualified at other YC companies.
2. Who are you? A little about the existing people would help someone know if there's any personality fit. Is the culture sales-driven or tech-driven? What's respected at the company, formal education or youthful enthusiasm? Are you in the "get something working quickly" phase, or "get something designed well" phase? Are you searching for product-market fit, or are you scaling up?
3. Where are you? You could be in Silicon Valley, or the east coast, or outside the USA. Even Silicon Valley is a big place, and someone living in the Mission isn't gonna want to commute to Los Gatos every day.