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I don't have any qualms with this article. To be fair, like 90% of tech articles I read are just self-promotion. Someone comes up with a half-good idea that wor
by asdfman123 7y ago
I don't have any qualms with this article. To be fair, like 90% of tech articles I read are just self-promotion. Someone comes up with a half-good idea that works in their company (at least for now) and they're like "THE ASFMAN123 METHOD OF CHANGING EVERYTHING" and "THE ONE RULE OF BUSINESS THAT YOU CAN BOIL EVERYTHING DOWN TO" without accounting for individual variation.
I read an article by a Netflix hirer who basically bragged about how arbitrary and capricious their hiring was. "I noticed most of our staff were musicians, so I made sure to hire plenty of those, too, and they did great." People in my cubicle block have names with N in them, too, and we seem pretty good too.
Honestly, it sounds cynical but I think that's the primary reason people write these articles, to appear to be thought leaders when people search for their names.
But good on them, I suppose. It is useful to share ideas, and eventually the good ones will percolate up to the top (hopefully).
- TeMPOraL 7y ago> To be fair, like 90% of tech articles I read are just self-promotion. You need to filter more :). Good technical articles don't read like self-promotion, but more like someone discovering an idea and playing with it, or someone explaining an idea in detail, describing relevant trade-offs.