About
Michelle Yin is a software engineer who previously held senior roles at Meta (including NPE and WhatsApp) and founded Discz, a music platform that reached over 1.5 million users.
Founder at HousewarmingYC W22
Intro paths
YC
Michelle went through Y Combinator (Winter 2022) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, Michelle can intro founders to Housewarming's investors below.
Housewarming's investors · 1
Co-founders at Housewarming
BP
Bobby PinckneyFounder
Experience
- HousewarmingFounder & CEOcurrent2026 — presentNew York City Metropolitan Area
- HousewarmingFounder & CTO (Verse)current2023 — presentNew York City Metropolitan Area
- DisczFounder, CTOcurrent2020 — present
- FacebookSenior Software Engineer2018 — 2021Menlo Park
- WhatsApp Inc.Software Engineer2018 — 2020
- FacebookSoftware Engineer2017Menlo Park
- GoogleSoftware Engineer2016Los Angeles, CA
Skills & more
Java6HTML6C++7CSS1PythonLinuxPhotoshopInDesignMySQLjQueryJavaScriptJSP
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SASSBootstrapObjective-CROOTVisual SVNiOS DevelopmentLanguages Chinese · English · Spanish
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Michelle Yin?
- Michelle Yin is a software engineer who previously held senior roles at Meta (including NPE and WhatsApp) and founded Discz, a music platform that reached over 1.5 million users.
- Where does Michelle Yin work?
- Michelle Yin is Founder of Housewarming.
- What companies did Michelle Yin found?
- Michelle Yin founded Housewarming.
- Where did Michelle Yin go to school?
- Michelle Yin studied at Y Combinator; University of Southern California (Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science and Business Administration).
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University of Southern California mafia137
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Shared employers
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Also worked at Discz2
Also worked at Facebook535
Peter ThielCo-founder & Partner at Founders FundChamath PalihapitiyaFounder & CEO of Social CapitalJim BreyerFounder & CEO of Breyer CapitalDavid SzeAdvisory Partner at GreylockReed HastingsCo-founder of NetflixAndy FangCo-founder & CTO of DoorDash
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