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I simply ignored the first line and appreciated the rest of the response because it had good actionable information. I wish I had older mentors in engineering a
by AareyBaba 7y ago
I simply ignored the first line and appreciated the rest of the response because it had good actionable information. I wish I had older mentors in engineering and CS when I was 20-35yrs to tell me their war stories and point me to promising areas of work.
This constant outrage at every perceived slight is a recent phenomenon of the Facebook/Twitter decade and it is suffocating.
- ianmobbs 7y ago> This constant outrage at every perceived slight is a recent phenomenon of the Facebook/Twitter decade and it is suffocating. Frankly, the OP said something rude. It's not a "perceived slight". It was unnecessary, offensive, and presumptuous. Why shouldn't they be called out on their behavior? Congratulations on your ability to ignore the first sentence, but that doesn't excuse OP.
- copacopab 7y agoLol —— CANCEL THEM ALL! #RickyGervais2020
- _Microft 7y agoNot at all, what the "30 year" commenter did is even mentioned in the HN guidelines. See the section In comments: > Be kind. Don't be snarky. [...] When disagreeing, please reply to the argument instead of calling names. "That is idiotic; 1 + 1 is 2, not 3" can be shortened to "1 + 1 is 2, not 3." https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- inimino 7y agoAssume good faith, and try to get the point. "That is a question that a junior developer would ask" is not on the same level as "that is idiotic". If you're asking after "hot new tech" it's probably because you haven't been around long enough to see how tragically wasteful the "hot new tech" treadmill is. The "30 year" comment manages to communicate that very directly.
- markholmes 7y agoOr, perhaps, because you enjoy playing with “hot new tech”.