Just to add to appsec112's point, while I did frame my original point as a 'perception', I'm willing to take a bet that if you put together US companies stats, I would be more right than wrong.
And while we are at 'actual stats' conversation, can we do the following -
- for the sake of this conversation, not divvy up enterprise/saas from devtools and enterprise-y fintech and enterprise-y health?
- publish stats on stanford/mit claim?
- publish stats on previous employer? ex-FAANG vs ex-YC portfolio vs none of those.
I appreciate YC publishing stats but the industry's work is not done when just high-level stats are published without scrutiny.
And while we are at 'actual stats' conversation, can we do the following -
- for the sake of this conversation, not divvy up enterprise/saas from devtools and enterprise-y fintech and enterprise-y health?
- publish stats on stanford/mit claim?
- publish stats on previous employer? ex-FAANG vs ex-YC portfolio vs none of those.
I appreciate YC publishing stats but the industry's work is not done when just high-level stats are published without scrutiny.