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> The indignant tone of the comments here make me laugh. Yeah, the level of indignation and self-righteousness in the comments on HN (and not just in this thre

> The indignant tone of the comments here make me laugh. Yeah, the level of indignation and self-righteousness in the comments on HN (and not just in this thread) seems to have gotten worse lately. Maybe time for me to take a break from HN for a bit...

charmides 8y ago
I think it is good that this community praises founders who do the right thing and condemns those who do the wrong thing, even though most of us will never play for such high stakes.
- cglace 8y ago
  "Wrong" as defined by the hivemind pitchmob.
  - charmides 8y ago
    There is no such thing as a hivemind here, just the consensus that it is wrong to sell your company to an entity that puts profit above people's privacy and wellbeing.
    - King-Aaron 8y ago
      It would appear that the hivemind disagrees
madrox 8y ago
I've been seeing the same thing...not just in HN, but across tech. My theory is there's a lot of resentment of the successful. We're seeing a new generation of engineers enter the workforce that never got to participate in the previous booms, and it's not as easy to make it big as it used to be.
- curun1r 8y ago
  > it's not as easy to make it big as it used to be What? It's so much easier than it used to be. Between low interest rates, QE policies and the latest corporate tax cuts, equity markets are booming and it's easier than ever to get bought. And the actual process of building a company is also easier. Between accelerators like YC and Cloud providers, the path from idea to getting acquired is shorter than it's ever been. You just have to adjust the goal posts a bit. It's may be harder now to IPO and become and independent company with the outsized influence of one of the FANGs, but achieving generational wealth by being acquired by one of those companies is routinely done in just a few years.

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> The indignant tone of the comments here make me laugh. Yeah, the level of indignation and self-righteousness in the comments on HN (and not just in this thre

by jonas21 8y ago

charmides 8y ago
I think it is good that this community praises founders who do the right thing and condemns those who do the wrong thing, even though most of us will never play for such high stakes.
- cglace 8y ago
  "Wrong" as defined by the hivemind pitchmob.
  - charmides 8y ago
    There is no such thing as a hivemind here, just the consensus that it is wrong to sell your company to an entity that puts profit above people's privacy and wellbeing.
    - King-Aaron 8y ago
      It would appear that the hivemind disagrees
madrox 8y ago
I've been seeing the same thing...not just in HN, but across tech. My theory is there's a lot of resentment of the successful. We're seeing a new generation of engineers enter the workforce that never got to participate in the previous booms, and it's not as easy to make it big as it used to be.
- curun1r 8y ago
  > it's not as easy to make it big as it used to be What? It's so much easier than it used to be. Between low interest rates, QE policies and the latest corporate tax cuts, equity markets are booming and it's easier than ever to get bought. And the actual process of building a company is also easier. Between accelerators like YC and Cloud providers, the path from idea to getting acquired is shorter than it's ever been. You just have to adjust the goal posts a bit. It's may be harder now to IPO and become and independent company with the outsized influence of one of the FANGs, but achieving generational wealth by being acquired by one of those companies is routinely done in just a few years.