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>That said, something about the tone of this blog post is utterly repellent to me and I'm struggling to put my finger on the reason why. It may be b/c she's co
by SkyMarshal 10y ago
>That said, something about the tone of this blog post is utterly repellent to me and I'm struggling to put my finger on the reason why.
It may be b/c she's conflating "rockstar" with "asshole", begging the question are all tech rockstars assholes, and are all tech assholes rockstars? Her personal experience seems characterized by a preponderance of evidence in support of that, but others may not have the same experience.
She also seems to define rockstars as attention whores who don't actually get any real work done (in the section on how you recognize one), which is not the definition the HN crowd is used to (quite the opposite), and begs the question why are they rockstars? Coasting on a single past achievement maybe?
- danielweber 10y agoIn my personal experience of nearly 20 years in the industry, there is a nearly perfect correlation between "people who continually find themselves giving quotes to the media" and "assholes." That's among those I've worked with. I know there must be those who don't fit this type. But they haven't been in my personal circles.