What did a teenager get out of attending Startup School?

I found that out first hand when I flew into SFO after a year+ in China. There is such a huge cultural difference between people born and raised in the mainland, and those from other ethnically Chinese but non-PRC communities that it's alienating sometimes.

(I want MORE 广州人, dammit! I will forever consider SZ, DG and GZ home; Guangdong pride!)

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Added qualifiers to disambiguate ;-]

Re: What did a teenager get out of attending Startup School?

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Post by ilovecomputers » Sun, Oct 24, 2010, 6:24 AM UTC

loanshark wrote: post #5

mustpax wrote: post #4

I really like Tumblr theme. Very clean and classy.

Well, I find the text to be hard on the eyes.

I wondered why that was as well. Then I noticed the blue and red lines and it should be noted that is not a good way to view images on screen: http://i.imgur.com/r6WI2.png

Re: What did a teenager get out of attending Startup School?

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Post by InfinityX0 » Sun, Oct 24, 2010, 6:45 AM UTC

This is a weird example of something I will deem "content subject scaling". I've come to realize that we often judge content based on not the sole value of the content alone, but actually, the nature of the author who created said content. Here, we are amazed the author is 16 - if he was not an outlier in this sense, this piece would surely not be front-page worthy. Similarly, InDinero founder Jessica Mah is outstanding because of her age, but beyond that, would we really be focusing on her product so often? I have my doubts. On the opposite side of the spectrum, we sometimes view and promote content that is largely throwaway based on the author's known history.

Not to say this isn't okay and it's not worthwhile, but most of the time, these kinds of posts need to be acknowledged as what they are - not things that are really strong contributions to the HN knowledge base, but instead, curiosity impinging posts that ACTUALLY serve as mini-biographies of the people that post them and/or are featured within them - where our REAL interest lies.

So, my point - serve me up the 301 redirect to their about page, stat.

Re: What did a teenager get out of attending Startup School?

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Post by sliverstorm » Sun, Oct 24, 2010, 6:51 AM UTC

mahmud wrote: post #6

kulpreet, not all the (ethnically) chinese people in the bay area are Chinese (citizens). I found that out first hand when I flew into SFO after a year+ in China. There is such a huge cultural difference between people born and raised in the mainland, and those from other ethnically Chinese but non-PRC communities that it's alienating sometimes. (I want MORE 广州人, dammit! I will forever consider SZ, DG and GZ home; Gu…

> kulpreet, not all the chinese people in the bay area are Chinese.

I understand what you are saying, but capitalizing a single letter is not really enough of a distinction to rely upon in casual conversation. For example, I will often intentionally describe an american-chinese friend as "Chinese" rather than "chinese", capitalizing the C as a way of signifying importance and respect in the same way you might say The White House or Stanford, rather than stanford. To many, "chinese" simply implies you are too lazy to capitalize the "C". (which is, conversely, why there is an implied value and respect associated with capitalizing)

I hope that makes sense, it is a somewhat amorphous subject and as such difficult to articulate.

Re: What did a teenager get out of attending Startup School?

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Post by rphlx » Sun, Oct 24, 2010, 7:16 AM UTC

InfinityX0 wrote: post #8

This is a weird example of something I will deem "content subject scaling". I've come to realize that we often judge content based on not the sole value of the content alone, but actually, the nature of the author who created said content. Here, we are amazed the author is 16 - if he was not an outlier in this sense, this piece would surely not be front-page worthy. Similarly, InDinero founder Jessica Mah is outstand…

Youth is simply one form of power that can be exercised to get publicity, guidance from older mentors, etc. There is nothing inherently wrong with that. Entrepreneurship and engineering are both about using what you have to build what you want.