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What you are getting from HN at your current age with your experience, is not the same that what your young self would have gotten from the same content

by polote 6y ago

newtwilly 6y ago
I'm sure that's true. I would like to say that I am young and I remember getting turned on to podcasts and reddit and good books when I was 15 or so, and being exposed to rational thought and discussion did a lot for my development I think.
- qPM9l3XJrF 6y ago
  Same. Unfortunately the internet isn't what it once was. I can't say I'm optimistic this strategy would work out for today's youth.
Swenrekcah 6y ago
Occasionally I stumble upon an old article posted here and start reading, lamenting the missed opportunities if I'd only seen this article x years ago. Then a bit further into it I start feeling like I have read it before, and I suspect I often have.
username90 6y ago
I learned that working at Google pays a ton and not that hard to get in there. So I learned to code and got a job at Google and made a lot of money thanks to HN. My life got a lot easier thanks to that. I feel the value of HN is greatly reduced once you are more familiar with the industry. But to an outsider this site is gold.
- dahx4Eev 6y ago
  Are there any sites that are gold for HNers?
- webdev93 6y ago
  How is it not hard to get into Google? Sounds more like survivorship bias.
  - username90 6y ago
    I'm really good at math so I knew that learning the algorithmic thinking wouldn't be hard. All I needed to do was learn to program and learn algorithms. For people with a different skillset it wouldn't be as easy, but reading about it online made me realize that it wouldn't be hard for me. I mean, when you read about interviews and the problems people struggle with you get a sense of what it is. When I read those I thought "That doesn't seem hard, I can do that!", so I did.
    - yawaramin 6y ago
      What you are describing is exactly survivorship bias.

What you are getting from HN at your current age with your experience, is not the same that what your young self would have gotten from the same content

by polote 6y ago

What you are getting from HN at your current age with your experience, is not the same that what your young self would have gotten from the same content

newtwilly 6y ago

I'm sure that's true. I would like to say that I am young and I remember getting turned on to podcasts and reddit and good books when I was 15 or so, and being exposed to rational thought and discussion did a lot for my development I think.

qPM9l3XJrF 6y ago
Same. Unfortunately the internet isn't what it once was. I can't say I'm optimistic this strategy would work out for today's youth.

Swenrekcah 6y ago

Occasionally I stumble upon an old article posted here and start reading, lamenting the missed opportunities if I'd only seen this article x years ago. Then a bit further into it I start feeling like I have read it before, and I suspect I often have.

username90 6y ago

I learned that working at Google pays a ton and not that hard to get in there. So I learned to code and got a job at Google and made a lot of money thanks to HN. My life got a lot easier thanks to that. I feel the value of HN is greatly reduced once you are more familiar with the industry. But to an outsider this site is gold.

dahx4Eev 6y ago
Are there any sites that are gold for HNers?
webdev93 6y ago
How is it not hard to get into Google? Sounds more like survivorship bias.
- username90 6y ago
  I'm really good at math so I knew that learning the algorithmic thinking wouldn't be hard. All I needed to do was learn to program and learn algorithms. For people with a different skillset it wouldn't be as easy, but reading about it online made me realize that it wouldn't be hard for me. I mean, when you read about interviews and the problems people struggle with you get a sense of what it is. When I read those I thought "That doesn't seem hard, I can do that!", so I did.
  - yawaramin 6y ago
    What you are describing is exactly survivorship bias.