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The content and discussion is usually entertaining, but sometimes the people are infuriating, particularly on "political" posts haha. It happens.
Yes. The signal does come with some noise, but I've found HN incredibly valuable for my professional and career development. I spend quite some time here but I think it's worth it. HN pretty frequently has posts from senior engineers or senior managers sharing things they've learned over long careers, which I feel has given me a shortcut into many of these insights. Without HN, I would not have been as aware of how h…
Also critical thinking. Lots of people on HN are really good at CT, which is something I wish I was better at... So HN folk give me something to aspire to.
I think it's great as a link aggregator to stay up to date with what's going on in the world. I don't really follow politics or general news, but if something big enough happens it will be on HN in one way or another, even if it's not related to tech. As for discussions/comments here, no. There is the occasional comment gem from experts, but it's low quality 99% of the time. There are a few topics I'm an expert in, a…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Crichton#GellMannAmnes...
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I’m in the same boat, starting a new job next week. I did the same thing OP did, limited my phone to hackernews, blind and linkedin. I find hackernews and blind invaluable in terms of career growth and networking.
What is blind? Would you please provide a link?
Yes. The signal does come with some noise, but I've found HN incredibly valuable for my professional and career development. I spend quite some time here but I think it's worth it. HN pretty frequently has posts from senior engineers or senior managers sharing things they've learned over long careers, which I feel has given me a shortcut into many of these insights. Without HN, I would not have been as aware of how h…
> Comments on HN have given me a lot of insight into how people approach things like contract negotiation or how they deal with conflict or frustration in the workplace Also critical thinking. Lots of people on HN are really good at CT, which is something I wish I was better at... So HN folk give me something to aspire to.
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> Comments on HN have given me a lot of insight into how people approach things like contract negotiation or how they deal with conflict or frustration in the workplace Also critical thinking. Lots of people on HN are really good at CT, which is something I wish I was better at... So HN folk give me something to aspire to.
Ooph. Don’t go into any kind of “political” thread then. You’ll find critical thinking goes out the window as soon as you touch a sacred cow.
In the past 20 years I’ve had to reprogram myself to not read comments.
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> HN definitely has a techbros vibe. I guess that's by design but it's not very inclusive. What does this mean?
It means the stereotypical commenters are 20-30 year old, white, male, single, programmers, living in the Bay Area and making $400,000 per year. Which is good if you want to know the latest Google gossip or many tech questions. But not as good when we are talking about topics that are less directly in the experience of the above people. As an example when you are talking about public transport they have experience th…
The conjunction fallacy and all that.
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I’m in the same boat, starting a new job next week. I did the same thing OP did, limited my phone to hackernews, blind and linkedin. I find hackernews and blind invaluable in terms of career growth and networking.
What is blind? Would you please provide a link?
You sign up with your work email, and if enough (~30?) of your coworkers have done the same you get a chatroom/forum for people that are anonymous but verified to work at the company.
I have made friends, interviewed for jobs, connected up with a few people in person afterward, helped others find jobs, learned all sorts of fascinating facts for whenever I am forced to make idle small talk, found ways to sleep better, learned why my past company had a doomed model, gotten all sorts of free tech goodies, discovered tools to make work easier, and had some great debates. I tend to have a lot of meetin…
This is very intriguing. How do you connect with people on HN? Do you send them emails after reading their comments / submissions?