Spot on! Clearly author’s intentions were to convince people that being an employee at a startup pays monetarily. Which is now denied by him? I am confused.
Parent does not dispute this. You want what you want, i.e., selecting the people who are most capable to put the capital into good use.
But note that this game is not as much costly for you as the founder. Founder takes bigger risks in terms of their time and opportunity costs than you as a VC. You will probably find your successful pick in the other founder you fund and designate that other guy “the most capable”.
If I would have seen this five years ago, I would find it cool but it is a hard sell now. So many similar projects are around now for conveying basics of ML mixed with a pinch of fun elements.
This comment received sooo many replies with link references, I cannot help but think that at least half of these are from advertisers. A recent trend on HN...