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		krta on Dec 4, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Grifters, believers, grinders, and coasters No, certain startups (not from YC!) hire a pool of grinders (50%) and the rest is family, academic friends, LDS church members etc. The rest gets the cozy positions and does nothing.

PaulHoule on Dec 4, 2024 [–]

I find it really funny to be in some place where there is a privileged class, particularly when I discover it gradually. I can see how some people would find it infuriating.

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