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While I'm too old to care about your knee-jerk threat, I think you better be careful about policing HN like this. It is really off-putting and IMHO creates more
by untilHellbanned 10y ago
While I'm too old to care about your knee-jerk threat, I think you better be careful about policing HN like this. It is really off-putting and IMHO creates more of an existential threat to HN than my very reasonable inquiry.
There is nothing personal about my question. As I see it, this guy has questionable credentials to get such a prestigious job, so I ask what has he done. It looks he owned a bar, made some investments, his dad was high up in a quasi-impressive tech company. Again, very vague credentials which say he has money but no particular skill.
- Gatsky 10y agoWell it's possible that he is a talentless fool that got his position through family connections. It's probably more likely that he is genuinely top of the game, but just doesn't spend much time building his public profile. That's a good and all too rare thing.
- untilHellbanned 10y agoBeing at the top of any game nowadays gives publicity. My 12 y.o. nephew's hockey league in North Carolina of all states has its own website, so not buying this argument.
- edw519 10y agoWow, untilHellbanned, I was actually on your side in this strange thread. Until you mentioned your 12 y.o. nephew. You may have just set a new Hacker News record, moving up Paul Graham's Disagreement Hierarchy from DH0. (Name Calling) all the way up to DH4. (Counterargument) in just 2 replies! http://paulgraham.com/disagree.html http://paulgraham.com/disagree.html
- untilHellbanned 10y agoWhat is wrong with mentioning 12 yo
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- zodiac 10y ago> There is nothing personal about my question. As I see it, this guy has questionable credentials to get such a prestigious job, so I ask what has he done. If that's all you did, I would say that's not a personal attack. But how is saying "looks like cronyism to me" not a personal attack?