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1. rus20376 · 1790541919 · focus · HN ↗

   This place sounds like an adult daycare.

   Has there been a business started based on work done there? Publishable research results? (that second one is actually a pretty low bar, and yet if there is something it is not easily discoverable)

   1. applfanboysbgon · 1790544303 · focus · HN ↗

      The practical goal of Recurse is to make connections. Starting a business or publishing research are explicitly non-goals.

      1. roncesvalles · 1790545608 · focus · HN ↗

         The paradox of networking events is nobody who attends "networking events" is worth networking with.

         1. applfanboysbgon · 1790546180 · focus · HN ↗

            It's weird to say that about a YCombinator-affiliated event on a YCombinator forum. I'm not especially fond of YC but there's pretty clearly potential to make valuable connections in this sphere.

            1. roncesvalles · 1790574448 · focus · HN ↗

               Recurse Center is only YC-affiliated in the sense that the founders did YC (S10). It's not YC sponsored or endorsed as far as I could find.

               It doesn't really attract the YC kind of people either.

               1. [deleted] · 1790587876 · focus · HN ↗

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      2. ahmeni · 1790592150 · focus · HN ↗

         Getting people hired is also a goal as they rely on it to stay afloat:

         > How can you afford to make RC free?

         > RC has a built in recruiting agency. Companies pay to hire RC alumni.

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