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The Valley Is Fucked
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#42There are a lot of places to go in the U.S. for tech hubs. SF just happens to be very "unique" among them. I have never seen the issues the author describes anywhere else than SF. The good news is that if you don't like SF then there are surrounding areas which are relatively normal (but still expensive.)
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#43> If you don't know Git, you don't know shit. If you have a Tumblr site you haven't updated in six months and you call yourself a programmer, you're an embarrassment to the language you claim to know. That pretty much tells you everything you need to know about this writer. It doesn't seem hard to imagine that if you're a hacker wannabe who thinks things like having a tumblr are important to selling your skillset, or…
If I'm just a "hacker wannabe" then how did I write my own complete blogging system from scratch:
Keep hating, you wear your jealousy on your sleeve...
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#44Earlier quoted context omitted.
Get rid of money. And if you can't do that. Tax, tax, tax the rich
That's a recipe for disaster.
Is it? You mean like how those Scandinavian countries do exactly that and now there's no longer any wealth being... oh, wait - you actually don't have a clue what you're talking about.
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#45To other HNers. I'm looking to move to a different country for good. I'm thinking Germany. It's beautiful. Music, art, amazing women, startups, history, Europe. Where should I go? I have all the money in the world and I'm looking to settle elsewhere besides North America. Suggestions? OP: I like the way you rant.
As an European I can't say how well it compares to the US but The Netherlands (Amsterdam in particular) are an amazing place to move to. I've left Italy a few months ago and moved to Amsterdam (studying and working), it's an amazing place, a massive change of settings for me. There are lots of startups, companies and opportunities for tech-minded people. Obviously, I repeat, my comparison is with Italy which, to be h…
Amsterdam and environs is an exceptionally good location for internet startups due to the massive cheap bandwidth available there (datacenters are expensive though).
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#46> If you don't know Git, you don't know shit. If you have a Tumblr site you haven't updated in six months and you call yourself a programmer, you're an embarrassment to the language you claim to know. That pretty much tells you everything you need to know about this writer. It doesn't seem hard to imagine that if you're a hacker wannabe who thinks things like having a tumblr are important to selling your skillset, or…
If I'm just a "hacker wannabe" then how did I write my own complete blogging system from scratch: http://bitters.gwenbell.com/ Keep hating, you wear your jealousy on your sleeve...
Says the person who wrote a hateful takedown of the valley, the homeless, and 'white guys.'
Also, it appears you followed a simple node tutorial and you are calling it a "platform." I'm not sure jealousy is the correct word here. If writing blog posts and following tutorials is your idea of being a developer, I'm not surprised you had a hard time in the Bay Area.
Put in the coding time, stop overselling yourself, and maybe then you will be attractive to potential employers. Blaming your failure on everyone else isn't getting you anywhere.
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#47Who is the impostor?
Gwen_Bell or GwenBell?
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#48> If you don't know Git, you don't know shit. If you have a Tumblr site you haven't updated in six months and you call yourself a programmer, you're an embarrassment to the language you claim to know. That pretty much tells you everything you need to know about this writer. It doesn't seem hard to imagine that if you're a hacker wannabe who thinks things like having a tumblr are important to selling your skillset, or…
I read it differently. I thought she was referring to her difficulties finding traction without being a Git pro or Tumblr addict.
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#49This reads like the ramblings of someone who enjoys living in a country where you get whipped for spitting out some gum. EDIT: And what does this line mean "...using Git to keep your work cryptographically secure..."? Weird.
ya that line was really out of left field...
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#50Please take it easy on this person and don't turn this into a lynch mob. I up voted it for a genuine differing perspective. I agree that "the valley" ( including SF ) has its warts, but on second thought this post is hardly coherent enough to be taken seriously. To the OP I suggest you delete this post forthwith lest it come to haunt you. Think about the problem more deeply. As others have pointed out, your mention of "tumblr" and "cryptographically securing your work with git" betrays a sophomoric lack of understanding software engineering.