Addendum – Came back at the end of the day to add this clarification:
Nothing in Sam's comments about this lead me to believe he's a bad guy, just that he's missing something about this particular scenario. On the contrary, spotting rules begging for breaking is a very helpful trait for an entrepreneur – as most here know, the YC questionnaire asks for examples of "hacking the system for your own gain". (Though the PG "no jerks" rule[1] implies hacking that's not at someone else's expense.)
”There's always one“ who's constantly challenging conventions, and when that one zeros in on the line between audacious and antisocial, 20 years later he often winds up running things.
For more human background, this Washington Business Journal profiles the Odio brothers.[2]
Nothing in Sam's comments about this lead me to believe he's a bad guy, just that he's missing something about this particular scenario. On the contrary, spotting rules begging for breaking is a very helpful trait for an entrepreneur – as most here know, the YC questionnaire asks for examples of "hacking the system for your own gain". (Though the PG "no jerks" rule[1] implies hacking that's not at someone else's expense.)
”There's always one“ who's constantly challenging conventions, and when that one zeros in on the line between audacious and antisocial, 20 years later he often winds up running things.
For more human background, this Washington Business Journal profiles the Odio brothers.[2]
1. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1632477
2. http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/stories/2010/10/11/foc...