One of my comments got a job for someone else who I had never met. And it got me a nice referral bonus. :)
Ask HN: What has HN given you?
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Re: Ask HN: What has HN given you?
#122HN has given me enough cynicism towards Silicon Valley culture to never want to live there, and an appreciation for some of its residents that comment here to believe that conditions can improve.
Re: Ask HN: What has HN given you?
#123Honestly, not much. Mostly, it's reinforced my switch from programming.
from programming to what, if you don't mind me asking?
Re: Ask HN: What has HN given you?
#124purpose, perspective & a penchant for tech in general.
Re: Ask HN: What has HN given you?
#125ever-deteriorating karma.
Re: Ask HN: What has HN given you?
#126I met one of my cofounders via hacker news, and was accepted into Y Combinator shortly after thanks to this post on HN on new year's eve. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6993981
Change the trajectory of my life for sure.
Re: Ask HN: What has HN given you?
#127– kickstarted my app: at least $12k after Show HN
– inspired an idea for a future educational non-profit
– lots of insights, especially from non-tech articles I found here
Re: Ask HN: What has HN given you?
#128It gave me a job, a company, and a sense of purpose. In 2012 I did a Show HN for GitLab.com https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4428278 Today we are 1800 contributors and a company of 220 on a mission to ensure that everyone can contribute.
You only got ~60 upvotes? Interesting, I always thought the number of upvotes for a Show HN post correlates to its future success.
Dropbox had about 60 if I remember right (109 now) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8863.
Re: Ask HN: What has HN given you?
#129Besides a wayy better facebook new feed (https://github.com/yczeng/hackernews-newsfeed). A feeling I'm not so alone in my pursuit of learning as much as humanly possible about the world of technology, startups, physics and everything in between
Re: Ask HN: What has HN given you?
#130A sense of community even while living far from the valley. Thanks HN, don’t ever change.