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This is disgusting. I’m not condemning you for finding a gap in the market — that’s totally fair play. But the fact that this can exist and that we have a cultu

This is disgusting. I’m not condemning you for finding a gap in the market — that’s totally fair play. But the fact that this can exist and that we have a culture of celebrity in software development at all (especially in such a dishonest way) is just disgusting.

InGodsName 8y ago
Yes, this is hacker news. We've to find hacks in the capitalism to get ahead in life. As long as it's legal, it's good for us. Since we pay well, don't see any problem.
- yakshaving_jgt 8y ago
  I wasn’t clear enough. I have no problem with the “ghost-coding” business. I have a problem with the culture in which we will hear about some open-source coder and then idolise them to the point that they aren’t held to an equal standard, for example in the hiring process. It certainly flies in the face of the ideals of a meritocracy [spare me the “meritocracy is a myth!” trope] when we hire for a technical role on the basis of being a personality in the industry. I knew this happened to some degree as I think I’ve taken advantage of it myself, but I didn’t know it’s so prevalent that people can start “ghost-coding” businesses off the back of it. To be absolutely clear: I am not implying this applies specifically to Dan Abramov.
jf- 8y ago
It also didn’t happen. This guy is trolling HN. Maybe it breaks the guidelines to post this, but take a look through his history, he just posts conflicting, self aggrandising statements and low content noise. It’s a shame to see people wasting their effort replying to him.
- yakshaving_jgt 8y ago
  Oh. In that case, I’ve been “Punk’d”.
- InGodsName 8y ago
  I am not trolling anyone. Some people have more stories to tell because of their experience. I've already made it clear, i don't just write code like other programmers. If you are envious of that it's fine, no need to take others down. I feel sad that you don't have any such stories. If you make less assumptions about others, it will probably help your career. Even your Karma is low for a user who has spent 6 months here. Probably that explains who got low content noise Your history reveals what you post are mostly assumptions which are often false and are heavily downvoted.
  - jf- 8y ago
    How was your flight to New York to sell your $7.5 million in bitcoin? Also how is your nurse girlfriend, the one I assume you’re seeing on the side, since you also mention how you outsourcing your coding work allows you to spend so much time with your wife and kids. All you do is post inflammatory lies and boasts to get a reaction. I’m surprised you’ve not been banned.
    - InGodsName 8y ago
      You want me to reveal names of the celebrity developers. Correct? Not that stupid! What does my bitcoins have to do with anything? And no i am not going to tell wether i sold them or not because that's not good for my security. Yes, people can't have girlfriend outside of marriage? Wife or girlfriend is one and the same thing for me. English is not native language, i use those two words interchangeably. And my girlfriend can't be nurse? Check your logical reasoning first, each of the things you posted is possible. What you post is downvoted more heavily than what i post. Hence my Karma per day is higher than yours. I am also surprized you've not been banned. I've seen your contribution and i am done with you. Demonstrate your importance somewhere else.
      - dang 8y ago
        We've banned this account for repeatedly violating the site guidelines. Would you please not create accounts to do that with? https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

InGodsName 8y ago

Yes, this is hacker news. We've to find hacks in the capitalism to get ahead in life. As long as it's legal, it's good for us. Since we pay well, don't see any problem.

yakshaving_jgt 8y ago
I wasn’t clear enough. I have no problem with the “ghost-coding” business. I have a problem with the culture in which we will hear about some open-source coder and then idolise them to the point that they aren’t held to an equal standard, for example in the hiring process. It certainly flies in the face of the ideals of a meritocracy [spare me the “meritocracy is a myth!” trope] when we hire for a technical role on the basis of being a personality in the industry. I knew this happened to some degree as I think I’ve taken advantage of it myself, but I didn’t know it’s so prevalent that people can start “ghost-coding” businesses off the back of it. To be absolutely clear: I am not implying this applies specifically to Dan Abramov.

jf- 8y ago

It also didn’t happen. This guy is trolling HN. Maybe it breaks the guidelines to post this, but take a look through his history, he just posts conflicting, self aggrandising statements and low content noise. It’s a shame to see people wasting their effort replying to him.

yakshaving_jgt 8y ago
Oh. In that case, I’ve been “Punk’d”.
InGodsName 8y ago
I am not trolling anyone. Some people have more stories to tell because of their experience. I've already made it clear, i don't just write code like other programmers. If you are envious of that it's fine, no need to take others down. I feel sad that you don't have any such stories. If you make less assumptions about others, it will probably help your career. Even your Karma is low for a user who has spent 6 months here. Probably that explains who got low content noise Your history reveals what you post are mostly assumptions which are often false and are heavily downvoted.
- jf- 8y ago
  How was your flight to New York to sell your $7.5 million in bitcoin? Also how is your nurse girlfriend, the one I assume you’re seeing on the side, since you also mention how you outsourcing your coding work allows you to spend so much time with your wife and kids. All you do is post inflammatory lies and boasts to get a reaction. I’m surprised you’ve not been banned.
  - InGodsName 8y ago
    You want me to reveal names of the celebrity developers. Correct? Not that stupid! What does my bitcoins have to do with anything? And no i am not going to tell wether i sold them or not because that's not good for my security. Yes, people can't have girlfriend outside of marriage? Wife or girlfriend is one and the same thing for me. English is not native language, i use those two words interchangeably. And my girlfriend can't be nurse? Check your logical reasoning first, each of the things you posted is possible. What you post is downvoted more heavily than what i post. Hence my Karma per day is higher than yours. I am also surprized you've not been banned. I've seen your contribution and i am done with you. Demonstrate your importance somewhere else.
    - dang 8y ago
      We've banned this account for repeatedly violating the site guidelines. Would you please not create accounts to do that with? https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html