I&#x27;m not saying &quot;recruit&quot; in terms of &quot;they got a recruiter&quot; or &quot;sent out some formal offer to try and win them over,&quot; or &quot;conducted a job interview,&quot; but there was certainly a point at which they &quot;asked&quot; them to join on because of their existing relationship. They recruited them. We&#x27;re saying the same thing.<p>My original point, however, that the Jessica Livingston article seems to stress odd parts of her personality and role in the company when you consider that she was the only non-technical co-founder, she was dating the founder, and Paul Graham has a history of making boneheaded statements about women in the industry.<p>Yes, it&#x27;s a controversial position to take, and, no, I&#x27;m certainly not belittling her role -- she absolutely made a huge impact on the company. However, the wording, and tone of the article, I thought, was poor.