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breakinggood

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    Comment #8567523

    I can pick and choose people to complement my weakness. This is commonly preached advice, and is somewhat true. Think about all the business types with "brilliant" ideas that are o…

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    Comment #8564430

    You talk of passion, but speak in terms of escapism. It sounds like you have some personality flaws. From your short description, the writing describes someone who appears unfocuse…

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    Comment #8564226

    And stop caring so much about laws. Seriously ignore all laws that don't fit into your self serving reality distortion field. Don't worry, VC's will give you extra props for those …

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    Comment #8535835

    If the world operated as a true meritocracy, not faking or bullshitting and just being 100% honest would work. However, has asking for a 50% raise in the same company ever worked? …

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    Comment #8533873

    Why do you feel guilt at all? The company could afford to bump your salary up 50%, you just needed to give them a compelling reason to do so. In a world where sociopathic behavior …

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    Comment #8533596

    It’s interesting how con men’s confidence games are now being upvoted and celebrated by the Hacker News community. The celebration of bait and switch tactic in these emails is indi…

  7. story
    Ask HN: How do you “stay foolish”?

    In Steve Jobs’ 2005 Stanford commencement speech, his parting words to graduating students was to “Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.” I have been foolish in many ways much to my financial…

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    Comment #7569026

    Or Option #2. Call them out on it and if enough people care, things will change.

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    Ask HN: More Censoring Please?

    I applaud your removal of all controversial Dropbox threads. It’s great to know I have a big brother looking out for me. By the way, could you also please remove any other content …

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    Comment #7265793

    Famous last words. After seeing several SF startups implode, I'll never make the mistake of taking under market pay. I would much rather choose how my compensation gets spent rathe…