Who is the "highly profitable" YC company looking for a technical lead?

I suppose that if they wanted to say, they would have.

Otherwise, you know exactly what's posted in the job posting. You know that they're YC funded. You know that they're profitable. You know that PG and company think they're a good idea.

No, let's not. The company obviously wants to remain private.

What value is served to anyone by identifying them ?

Identifying someone who wants to remain secret isn't good behaviour and is damaging to the community, the ability to post anonymously means that a lot of information and questions get shared on HN that would otherwise never be shared. If we start attacking that anonymity then we risk losing a valuable part of our community.

By not identifying themselves, they cut themselves off from the best talent. Nobody worth their salt will waste their time applying to a mystery company when there are many other companies who they DO know about and can get passionate about.

> It sounds interesting, but before sending my resume to a company, I'd like to know more about them.

What exactly is lost by sending a resume to a company that you are interested in?

Applyh with an impressive fake resume. Get them to reveal themselves.