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The author, Patio11, is such a trusted and long term member of the HN community that it counts for a lot more than usual for an advert.
by cm2012 6y ago
The author, Patio11, is such a trusted and long term member of the HN community that it counts for a lot more than usual for an advert.
- polote 6y agoit just reinforces even more the fact that it is somewhat an ad ...
- PragmaticPulp 6y agoI think most of us here are well aware of that. However, it's important to keep in mind that patio11's popularity among developer communities is one of the reasons they hired him in the first place. He's paid to be a spokesperson for the company, among other things. He doesn't even try to hide that fact in the article: > When I was hired, there was a fiction for my business cards but the job rounded to “Do anything required to make Stripe Atlas successful.” ... For about a year I was formally in the Marketing department