Work at a Startup
Ranked 3 of 4 job boards by recommenders
A job board for Y Combinator startups, with filters by stage, location and remote work, and internship applications. Commenters say its hiring side has been far from perfect.
A job board for Y Combinator startups, with filters by stage, location and remote work, and internship applications. Commenters say its hiring side has been far from perfect.
7 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 6
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 86%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 6 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 6 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Filters YC companies by stage and location
“lets you filter YC companies to see health startups, by stage and location (or remote)”
Comment from 24 Jun 2026 in “U.S. health spending on pace to hit $6T” Lets you apply for internships
“You can apply for internship roles there (by configuring it in your profile).”
Comment from 3 Aug 2026 in “Tips for Landing a YC Internship?” Offers a startup hiring side
“ostensibly does give you something like this on the hiring side, although it's been far from perfect in my experience”
Comment from 29 Jul 2026 in “I'm sorry I didn't respond to your job application”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Hiring side far from perfect
“ostensibly does give you something like this on the hiring side, although it's been far from perfect in my experience”
Comment from 29 Jul 2026 in “I'm sorry I didn't respond to your job application” Seen as engagement farming and free labor
“I immediately realize it's engagement farming + free labor.”
Comment from 26 Feb 2026 in “Tell HN: YC companies scrape GitHub activity, send spam emails to users”
Other job boards people recommend
The three most recommended other job boards, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indeed | 11 | 16 | 41% | 8 | — | — |
| superlogical.jobs | 7 | 0 | 100% | 2 | — | — |
| Work at a StartupThis page | 6 | 1 | 86% | 4 | — | — |
| Matcha job search | 5 | 2 | 71% | 3 | — | — |
What people said
5 of the 7 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“You can apply for internship roles there (by configuring it in your profile).”
“ostensibly does give you something like this on the hiring side, although it's been far from perfect in my experience”
“lets you filter YC companies to see health startups, by stage and location (or remote)”
“I got the same message on workatastartup.com from Aden.”
“I immediately realize it's engagement farming + free labor.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.