I used to hire him to work on software projects for my previous company (and we worked on Webmin together--him doing the hard work, me complaining a lot). He was the best developer I ever worked with, and after seven years, I finally figured out the smartest thing was to partner up and start something new with him.
One partner is my best bud from high school, the other is my wife (who I also met in high school).<p>Perhaps someone can answer this for me: Would the wife-as-a-partner thing have a negative impact on our chances at YC?
Buddy from college. We hung out enough so that my ambition rubbed off on him, and his positive spirit and good humor rubbed off on me. We've also pulled a good many late nights together working. I don't think you can truly know someone until you've been sleep deprived together.