Are there any startups applying to YC that are a man short?

I'm 28, I'm from eastern Europe and I've been working with computers since I was a kid. When I was growing up server-side includes and CGI was how you did web. When I first saw FI I was amazed. I learned socket programming before I wrote my first line of Javascript.

Recently I've been working on my own as a developer-for-hire. I wrote my own compositing window manager for Linux, from scratch, in pure C. I'm working on a Mac OS X kernel driver for fun. I think Ruby is the next best thing after sliced bread and Common Lisp.

It's my belief that intuition, wide range of experience and persistence make better platform for a hacker than learning by rote.

What I lack is partners in crime. I remember working with my team at one of my ex-employers, when we pulled off amazing stunts to fix other teams' problems. We were united by our wish to put things right. We pulled all-nighters. We worked weekends. We moved mountains, and I was proud of them and the work we did together.

I'd like to work in a team like that again, but this time to work for myself, not for some faceless Company.

Does anyone think they could use my motivation, experience and love of technology?