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

4 points by dsrikanth ↗ HN
I keep looking at the jobs listed at YC's jobs section and I don't remember seeing any job for non-engineers. Is my observation right? How will the management positions filled?

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pg
A few are looking for sales people.
jon_dahl
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/

dsrikanth
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
>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.

ivankirigin
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

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