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Based on the comments here, it looks like we committed a faux pas by using the word rockstar. Sorry about that. We didn't anticipate getting a negative reaction
by ftravis 18y ago
Based on the comments here, it looks like we committed a faux pas by using the word rockstar. Sorry about that. We didn't anticipate getting a negative reaction to the word. I had always conceptualized rockstar as a compliment to someone's skills, and I hadn't seen enough job ads to know that it was becoming uncool.
s/rockstar/talented
- epi0Bauqu 18y agoSorry, I didn't mean to suggest you were uncool :) I certainly wouldn't know if it was cool or not anyway. For all I know, it is the coolest term out there. I just don't like the phraseology. I never have. I don't like guru, ninja, or the other ones either.
- staunch 18y ago> s/rockstar/talented Substitution replacement not terminated at line 1.
- ftravis 18y agoGood catch, I haven't coded perl since 1999. This might be more appropriate for the kind of background we want: "YC startup looking for rockstar designer".gsub("rockstar","talented") Or maybe: "YC startup looking for rockstar designer".replace("rockstar","talented") for the pythonistas.