Do YC funded companies hire non-technical people at all?

pg | karma 157316 | avg karma 14.62 · 2011-10-18 13:29:21

A few are looking for sales people.

jon_dahl | karma 2490 | avg karma 4.24 · 2011-10-18 13:32:54

YC companies definitely hire non-engineers. But often the first few hires will be engineers; at Zencoder, we were 7 engineers and 1 business/office manager before we hired for sales/marketing.

We're currently looking for a marketing manager. http://zencoder.com/jobs/

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dsrikanth | karma 20 | avg karma 1.05 · 2011-10-18 15:11:57

Thanks for the info! I understand that the number of engineer posts will be large in comparison to Analysts/Sales/Marketing/HR. Good to know though.

answerly | karma 1298 | avg karma 6.33 · 2011-10-18 18:36:27+00:00

>I don't remember seeing any job for non-engineers.

There are certainly fewer non-technical positions posted, but there are some. For example, ZeroCater has posted customer support and sales openings.

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ivankirigin | karma 12987 | avg karma 3.32 · 2011-10-18 15:50:44

Dropbox doesn't post much to the YC listing, but we are hiring for basically everything: http://www.dropbox.com/jobs

You can email me directly if you have any questions too: ivan@dropbox.com

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dsrikanth | karma 20 | avg karma 1.05 · 2011-10-18 16:17:27

Thanks for that Ivan! I sure will look into the listing and email you if I have questions.