Common Gap is positioned as a centralized application for young students to spend…

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Common Gap is positioned as a centralized application for young students to spend a gap year working at startups rather than following a traditional school path immediately. Y Combinator frames it as a bet that college and graduating high school talent can handle meaningful responsibility early, with compensation starting at $75,000 and often rising above $100,000.

title: @ycombinator: Common Gap from Deep24 (@effortcompany24) is a single app for college and graduating high school stu...
author: @ycombinator
contenttype: tweet
publication: Twitter/X
published: 2026-01-08T20:00:09+00:00
sourceurl: https://x.com/ycombinator/status/2009354457071669594

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Common Gap from Deep24 (@effortcompany24) is a single app for college and graduating high school students to apply to take a gap year at fast-growing startups. Participating companies include Corgi Insurance, Zingage and Superbuilders.

This is a bet on giving young talent responsibility, and believing that they can grow into the role. Gap year offers have a minimum salary of $75k/year, with most offers expected to reach six figures.

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