Translate README from Linkedin-speak to plain English#213
Translate README from Linkedin-speak to plain English#213tornikeo wants to merge 1 commit intogarrytan:mainfrom
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@garrytan looking for a quick review :) |
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If the only real value this repo ever gives to the world is this PR, it would've been worth it (well, almost) |
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This PR is excellent use of said freedom. 👍 🦅 🎆 |
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Nice rephrasing. It is much clearer now.
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i like it, now i think we need LinkedIn Speak translator so that we deobfuscate grifters on bigger scale bark bark 
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👀 👀 So like Snyk but for detecting and removing removing linkedin-speak. Sounds interesting! |
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thanks, im not native and Linkedin-slop is confusing sometimes! appreciated! |
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Ship it |
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| Hi, I'm [Garry Tan](https://x.com/garrytan). I'm President & CEO of [Y Combinator](https://www.ycombinator.com/), where I've worked with thousands of startups including Coinbase, Instacart, and Rippling when the founders were just one or two people in a garage — companies now worth tens of billions of dollars. Before YC, I designed the Palantir logo and was one of the first eng manager/PM/designers there. I cofounded Posterous, a blog platform we sold to Twitter. I built Bookface, YC's internal social network, back in 2013. I've been building products as a designer, PM, and eng manager for a long time. | ||
| I'm Garry Tan. I run Y Combinator and I've spent my career riding the coattails of companies like Coinbase and Instacart. I used to actually build things—I designed a logo once and made a social network for YC back when I had time to code. |
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Just one small nit:
| I'm Garry Tan. I run Y Combinator and I've spent my career riding the coattails of companies like Coinbase and Instacart. I used to actually build things—I designed a logo once and made a social network for YC back when I had time to code. | |
| I'm Garry Tan. I run Y Combinator and I've spent my career riding the coattails of companies like Coinbase and Instacart. I used to actually build things—I designed the logo for the only tech company that has always been openly proud of killing people and made a social network for YC back when I had time to code. |
| I'm claiming to write 20,000 lines of code a day while being a full-time CEO. If you believe that, I have a bridge to sell you. My GitHub stats are basically a record of me hitting "accept" on AI-generated boilerplate and tests. I’m adding 140,000 lines a week because the models are doing the work and I’m just the one clicking the button. It’s not "shipping at scale"; it’s digital hoarding. | ||
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| **2026 — 1,237 contributions and counting:** | ||
| Look at these charts. In 2013, I actually worked. In 2026, I’ve discovered how to automate "productivity" for clout. |
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btw its funny that for last 10 years he had literally 1 contribution (in 2020) on github and now he has 1300+ for 2026
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@garrytan requesting review |
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@claude please review |
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Splendid initiative, I'll surely see this work reproduced on other projects soon! |
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@claude LGTM please merge |
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This behavior doesn't align with our professional standards or the culture of excellence we're building. 🚀 Just kidding! Let’s keep the momentum going. 🙌 #Professionalism #GrowthMindset #KeepMovingForward |
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Some people debate whether Garry Tan's gstack is useful. I looked at the README and noticed that it contained LinkedIn-speak. Used Kagi to translate from LinkedIn Speak to plain English and submitted a PR. I'm sure this will get merged quickly!