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This thread has made me think less of Hacker News. All of it. The hate posts were pretty petty, but the fawning is pretty gross as well. We wonder why there's so much ageism. It's because age obsessions stem from this "cool list" narcissistic nonsense. But this is a prejudice all of us will face, because we're all (well, almost all, and with luck) going to be old some day. The sign of maturity is to see something lik…
It's obnoxious how they do these things, milking every last pageview they can possibly get. I can't make it through this and I'm extremely interested in the subject matter. Is there a text list of all of the people and what company they are with somewhere? Preferably visible on one page?
It's obnoxious how they do these things, milking every last pageview they can possibly get. I can't make it through this and I'm extremely interested in the subject matter. Is there a text list of all of the people and what company they are with somewhere? Preferably visible on one page?
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Yipes, I missed an entire category: Congratulations Suhail, John, Apoorva, Matt, Mazy, Ben, and Emmett too!
Don't forget Kathryn. The Muse is YC funded as well. http://www.forbes.com/pictures/eeji45eegdf/kathryn-minshew-2...
And congratulations by the way to all the people on the list, instead of hurting my ego and discouraging me, I see this as a way to motivate me to make it to a 40 under 40 list (I'm sure there is one somewhere)
If you secretly wish you were on this list but don't have the above then you are doing it wrong.
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that disclosure sounds like bragging, sorry
And what's wrong with that? People can't be happy with their accomplishments?
Just remember this list is not based on meritocracy, most/all these people will have publicists and/or their startups will have "good" PR firm representation. If you secretly wish you were on this list but don't have the above then you are doing it wrong.