In most of the recent threads about investors hitting on founders, the HN discussion has focused on the fact that investors have power over founders. However, p

In most of the recent threads about investors hitting on founders, the HN discussion has focused on the fact that investors have power over founders. However, parts of this blog post seems to imply that hitting on someone in a professional setting is never OK, even if there's no power imbalance: > I guess the point of this story, and why I share it now, is that there is a right way and a wrong way to handle attraction in a professional setting. The right way is to back the fuck off and let people do their work despite any attraction. The wrong way is to blur the line. I'd like to hear peoples' opinions on under what circumstances (if ever) it's OK to hit on someone at a corporate holiday party, assuming there is no power imbalance.