Ask PG: What Changed?

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13 years ago

Two years ago, you referred to the question, "Please tell us about the time you most successfully hacked some (non-computer) system to your advantage" as "one of the questions we pay most attention to when judging applications."[1]

But, as recently as a few months ago you said, "How you hacked some real-world system to your advantage is not a super important question. Probably not even in the top 10."[2]

So, why is the question not as evocative as you once thought?

[1] http://www.paulgraham.com/founders.html [2] http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4693870

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