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Not to generalize, but if you relied on Hacker News for recruiting you could wind up in all sorts of wonky, dubious or failed companies. Like people were such s
by doctorpangloss 7y ago
Not to generalize, but if you relied on Hacker News for recruiting you could wind up in all sorts of wonky, dubious or failed companies. Like people were such sweethearts for Juul and Alt Schools. They’re also really skeptical of Google, which for all its faults is, without a doubt, the single best deal for employees in the history of the world, at least since the time that anyone was legally or culturally allowed to take such jobs in this country. That’s coming from a noted skeptic!
Personally I’ve always found that libertarian ethos in support of crappy things, like shitty schools and tobacco, and opposed to nice things, like healthy kids, frustrating. Like on the one hand there’s a kind of engineer who finds the most abstract IT infrastructure so stimulating, something totally removed from actual concrete stuff with even an iota of moral, emotional or socioeconomic consequence. But then when the schadenfreude gets going, an emotion that these supposedly stoic people seem to have in spades, they have opinions about fucking everything. And then when it comes to hills to die on, they finally choose to die on the Hill of Nicotine.
So like sure, say no to some recruiter. But if you trust the aggregate opinions of people on this board, with its profound adverse selection, get ready to be disappointed.
- LeanderK 7y agothis reads like a rant but I am not sure what it's ranting about. I've read it three times but I am still not sure whats going on. People having opinions? I read a lot of great advice (also about recruting) on HN and I don't really get why I should be concerned. Also starts with "Not to generalize" but then has a really wonky generalization.
- wolco 7y agoIt's more don't follow the opinions here like it's religion because you will learn tech no one uses in the real world and miss out on great companies like google. I get the impression google is seen as the best employer at least paywise mosly from comments on here. Go figure.
- JackFr 7y agoWell sometimes when you're in an echo chamber it's tough to tell. Everyone just seems ... right. On the other hand, even if there is a diversity of opinions within comments, it's very easy to self-curate with a heavy dose of confirmation bias. So while HN can be a valuable source of information, it's useful to remain skeptical and avoid self-congratulations.
- core-questions 7y ago> Personally I’ve always found that libertarian ethos in support of crappy things, like shitty schools and tobacco, and opposed to nice things, like healthy kids, frustrating. It's because of the people who become libertarians-posting-online, man. They don't have kids; people with kids seldom have time for this, nor do they think Every Man As An Island is tenable anymore once confronted with the true need for a Village To Raise The Child.
- isoskeles 7y agoOooh, you had me up until the "libertarian ethos" part.
- dang 7y agoWe detached this subthread from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21062373 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21062373 and marked it off-topic.