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It seems this article has a higher ratio of upvotes to comments than normal. Am I to hasty to conclude that the people upvoting avoid leaving a comment in order

• gyardley 16y ago
  Yes, you're too hasty. I upvoted this without commenting because the article was strong and interesting and I had nothing to add. Since 'great article, I agree completely' comments get downvoted on Hacker News (that's what the up arrow's for), a lot of upvotes and few comments means the article is both good and not particularly contentious.
• AnonQuitter 16y ago
  (Throwaway account even though I did already quit) I suspect you're partially right, but also how insightful is a comment "yeah, I hate my job, too"? I decided to quit my (great in many ways) job during my 2 week break end of last year and I'm working my last days of the transition/notice period. Because of the extended transition period, I've had a lot of time to reflect on the noise (and signal) of my position. I'm definitely going to miss the signal, the coworkers, and the comp, but the noise was absolutely unbearable at times, and more often than not, completely unnecessary. It was fabricated, chosen noise, not the ever-present inherent noise in a profit-seeking company. I'll let you know in a year if choosing less noise and way less guaranteed comp (at a startup) was a good call. Anecdotally, of course...
• myhf 16y ago
  I loathe my current work position.
• olalonde 16y ago
  Or perhaps trying to avoid the Noisy comments ahem ahem ;)