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This seemed very appropriate for Reddit, and it's a touching story. I don't quite get the Hacker angle, but maybe I'm missing something.
by andrewljohnson 16y ago
This seemed very appropriate for Reddit, and it's a touching story.
I don't quite get the Hacker angle, but maybe I'm missing something.
- ugh 16y agoI don’t think there is any. I’m kind of ok with it, though, because this kind of off-topic story is rather rare as far as I remember.
- bad_user 16y agoI liked the story. I don't know about other software developers / hacker-types, but personally I'm very grumpy and cynical at times. I get very circumspect when making friends or responding to other people's requests for help. Maybe this is not related to Hackers, but I get the feeling that software developers can become very anti-social. I blame it on the long hours of work in isolation, or the analytically oriented thinking we are capable of (which I view as a job related problem at times, like burnout, because I can't switch it on and off as much as I'd like to).
- jasonlotito 16y agoI think it's a poignant lesson for a startup. Help a customer today, and tomorrow they'll be your biggest supporter ever. Indeed, in every hackers life, the idea of helping others now will come back to help you. Lots of cultures have this idea, a three-fold return or the golden-rule. While it's a bit of a stretch, I think it fits nicely into the hacker mindset.
- marknutter 16y agoGet used to seeing more and more of these types of submissions as the HN user base grows. Digg and Reddit both used to be great sources of tech news, but are now filled with these sentimental posts, countless memes, and tons of left wing politics.
- bad_user 16y agoYou forgot complaints.