Hacker News Board Hacker News, browsed like a classic message board
Live data from Hacker News

Your friends are lying to you. For $10, I wont.

brutalhonesty.io

Post reply on HN
Print view View original

121–130 of 227 posts

Re: Your friends are lying to you. For $10, I wont.

#121

Post by RainSunshine »

jtheory wrote: post #116

I, personally, cannot imagine any question to which I would get a more valuable answer from a 28-year-old software engineer in California interested in finance, men's fashion and weightlifting than I would get from my wife, family, friends and peers -- people who know me; whose lives actually overlap with mine in some way. What is "telling it like it is" if you don't share the same context? How likely is it he can pi…

He isn't trying to suggest this is a service which everyone will find useful or interesting. It actually takes a lot of honesty with yourself to even understand why you might need this service. Thousands of people every day make decisions on their own, or on the advice of others, which are badly informed decisions. This guy could help them.

For $10, he isn't going to send you a 5 word email and ignore you forever. He is going to have a reasonable dialogue pertaining to your question/concern. If you say "No bro, I am not looking to score" he will ask "OK, well what are your intentions? What is your actual concern with your outfit?"

Re: Your friends are lying to you. For $10, I wont.

#126

Post by Dewie »

jtheory wrote: post #116

I, personally, cannot imagine any question to which I would get a more valuable answer from a 28-year-old software engineer in California interested in finance, men's fashion and weightlifting than I would get from my wife, family, friends and peers -- people who know me; whose lives actually overlap with mine in some way. What is "telling it like it is" if you don't share the same context? How likely is it he can pi…

> like: "you interrupt women more often than you do men"

Nice enlightened example.

Re: Your friends are lying to you. For $10, I wont.

#127

Post by RainSunshine »

yarone wrote: post #50
jawns wrote: post #4

I can get brutal honesty on Reddit for free. (And polite honesty, also for free, from Dear Abby.)

But Reddit is not private - it's a public forum. (unless you're sending [unsolicited?] private messages there)

That's the most important thing. It's private. Also, redditors tend to tell others they are the most beautiful unique flower in the world, when everyone else sees a hideous ogre. This is why a service like this is so much better.

Re: Your friends are lying to you. For $10, I wont.

#128

Post by SonOfLilit »

dxbydt wrote: post #106

Honest question - Is there like a useful version of this for ,you know, hard CS/ML/... questions. Like what ML model should I use for training this dataset, & some advice on hyperparameter tuning ? That sort of thing. There's a void between the completely free stackoverflow ( even with bounty ) and an odesk. Some in-between system where you pay $10 for 5 minutes of legit expert advice. Anybody ?

http://www.codementor.io/, although you'll probably end up paying $30 for 15 minutes, since 5 minutes aren't enough to explain your question.

I saw it here, and I've been mentoring there quite successfully, although I haven't had any clients with really advanced questions yet, only beginners. I am looking forward to helping people with hard design issues.

Re: Your friends are lying to you. For $10, I wont.

#129

Post by jerguismi »

RainSunshine wrote: post #121
jtheory wrote: post #116

I, personally, cannot imagine any question to which I would get a more valuable answer from a 28-year-old software engineer in California interested in finance, men's fashion and weightlifting than I would get from my wife, family, friends and peers -- people who know me; whose lives actually overlap with mine in some way. What is "telling it like it is" if you don't share the same context? How likely is it he can pi…

He isn't trying to suggest this is a service which everyone will find useful or interesting. It actually takes a lot of honesty with yourself to even understand why you might need this service. Thousands of people every day make decisions on their own, or on the advice of others, which are badly informed decisions. This guy could help them. For $10, he isn't going to send you a 5 word email and ignore you forever. He…

Usually the consultants I pay or meet are much more expensive than $10.
Post reply on HN