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> I appear to be the only woman to have ever made the leaderboard of Hacker News. No, this does not gain me entree to the old boys club. I still have essentiall
by fragsworth 9y ago
> I appear to be the only woman to have ever made the leaderboard of Hacker News. No, this does not gain me entree to the old boys club. I still have essentially no professional connections here, though that may be painfully slowly changing.
I think you might think Hacker News is something that it isn't. The leaderboard isn't something anyone really looks at and this is definitely not a good place to make or manage professional connections.
- DoreenMichele 9y agoThere are plenty of people who are successfully using HN to make professional connections or otherwise make money. So I get rather tired of hearing that I am deluded about that. Show HN Who's Hiring Freelancer Seeking Freelancer Patio11 and tptacek, both members of the leaderboard, were business partners for a time, though one lives in Japan and the other in Chicago. Etc. As Nauseum. But they all seem to be men.