How is that different to the regular HN application process?<p>You put in your application, it gets filtered by somebody who was a previous alum (or maybe you had contacts that put in a good word) and maybe you get an invite.<p>I&#x27;m not in any way railing against the process, that&#x27;s just the way it is. If you don&#x27;t like it, don&#x27;t play.