India, June 21 -- In an age of curated online personas and embellished resumes, Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan has called out what he sees as a troubling trend-treating brief event participation as serious work experience.

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Tan reacted to a screenshot of a LinkedIn profile shared on X by a user named rkay, who posted it with the caption: "bro people who put this in their linkedin are ngmi"-short for "not gonna make it." The screenshot showed someone listing their attendance at a two-day Y Combinator AI Startup School event as formal professional experience.

The LinkedIn entry included exaggerated accomplishments such as: "Talked to a YC part...