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I would be glad if there was a little information about the author of the blog. I do not know who jess fraz is, why would I bother to see his/her recommendation

I would be glad if there was a little information about the author of the blog. I do not know who jess fraz is, why would I bother to see his/her recommendations? It would be pretty nice for posters to put some additional information about the topic rather than just posting a link.

code_scrapping 8y ago
My logic is in reverse - I look at the list of books to judge whether the person is someone I want to know more about (also irl). So, the short explanations of why the books are interesting is your introduction to yourself, your overlap (books I already read) is the evaluation material, and the rest of the blog/notes is the thing that it's really being discussed.
readittwice 8y ago
Because she is famous (over 100K followers on twitter) ;) On a more serious note: Because there are some books in this list that at least I've never heard about but sound interesting.
- yakshaving_jgt 8y ago
  Twitter may be open to all, but it is not representative of the general demographic, even in this industry. In the grand scheme of things, Twitter fame means little.
  - quaice 8y ago
    I honestly can't even imagine a personality that takes in to account an individuals number of followers when assessing their relevancy. I just can't grok that.
kojackst 8y ago
What I know about her is that she was a member of the Docker team and now works for Microsoft. She seems like a good professional and is popular among those who are into twitter, blogging and events, but I don't know if there's anything particular remarkable about her (if you are thinking about celebrities such as Ritchie, Linus, Stallman and others).
- codemusings 8y ago
  According to her Twitter that gig at Microsoft already ended.
  - deleted 8y ago
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- tejinderss 8y ago
  She also joined GitHub recently and left in couple of weeks.
  - ChristianGeek 8y ago
    Based on her LinkedIn, she seems to be set on short-circuiting her career before it has time to start; 8 years out of school and as many jobs, two for 4 months only and none longer than 17 months. She has some impressive credentials within the Docker/container community, but that’s about it.
    - karim 8y ago
      This is unnecessarily harsh. Sometimes there are circumstances outside of your control. I don't think it's a good idea to judge someone's career when you don't know them.
    - metal13 8y ago
      That means nothing when it comes to ability. It's also pretty standard these days. You don't move up, you move out.
fogetti 8y ago
For the same reason that you read hacker news I guess? You don't know who submitted the links and you still read them. So your point is moo (yes moo, not moot, like a cow's opinion). (It seems people really can be offended by anything these days, even by a book recommendation)
- tugberkk 8y ago
  Yes, because I believe in the community. I was not stating the blog poster was not worthy, I was simply saying that even a single line of information by the OP would help to everyone. No hard feelings.

code_scrapping 8y ago

My logic is in reverse - I look at the list of books to judge whether the person is someone I want to know more about (also irl). So, the short explanations of why the books are interesting is your introduction to yourself, your overlap (books I already read) is the evaluation material, and the rest of the blog/notes is the thing that it's really being discussed.

readittwice 8y ago

Because she is famous (over 100K followers on twitter) ;) On a more serious note: Because there are some books in this list that at least I've never heard about but sound interesting.

yakshaving_jgt 8y ago
Twitter may be open to all, but it is not representative of the general demographic, even in this industry. In the grand scheme of things, Twitter fame means little.
- quaice 8y ago
  I honestly can't even imagine a personality that takes in to account an individuals number of followers when assessing their relevancy. I just can't grok that.

kojackst 8y ago

What I know about her is that she was a member of the Docker team and now works for Microsoft. She seems like a good professional and is popular among those who are into twitter, blogging and events, but I don't know if there's anything particular remarkable about her (if you are thinking about celebrities such as Ritchie, Linus, Stallman and others).

codemusings 8y ago
According to her Twitter that gig at Microsoft already ended.
- deleted 8y ago
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tejinderss 8y ago
She also joined GitHub recently and left in couple of weeks.
- ChristianGeek 8y ago
  Based on her LinkedIn, she seems to be set on short-circuiting her career before it has time to start; 8 years out of school and as many jobs, two for 4 months only and none longer than 17 months. She has some impressive credentials within the Docker/container community, but that’s about it.
  - karim 8y ago
    This is unnecessarily harsh. Sometimes there are circumstances outside of your control. I don't think it's a good idea to judge someone's career when you don't know them.
  - metal13 8y ago
    That means nothing when it comes to ability. It's also pretty standard these days. You don't move up, you move out.

fogetti 8y ago

For the same reason that you read hacker news I guess? You don't know who submitted the links and you still read them. So your point is moo (yes moo, not moot, like a cow's opinion). (It seems people really can be offended by anything these days, even by a book recommendation)

tugberkk 8y ago
Yes, because I believe in the community. I was not stating the blog poster was not worthy, I was simply saying that even a single line of information by the OP would help to everyone. No hard feelings.