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This is the exact sentiment I hold as well. I think the demographics of hacker news may be slightly swayed towards people who already have established networks
by ProjectBarks 5y ago
This is the exact sentiment I hold as well. I think the demographics of hacker news may be slightly swayed towards people who already have established networks and industry experience.
- burlesona 5y agoNot just slightly skewed. Also the HN audience is far more remote-oriented than I’ve encountered among my coworkers over the course of my career, including > 4 years working full-remote.
- briefcomment 5y agoAnonymity probably accounts for a decent portion of the discrepancy (meaning some of your co-workers would probably be anti-WFH in person, and pro-WFH anonymously)
- YinglingLight 5y agoVery few are anti-WFH in person. That would be publicly admitting that you can't be trusted to work independently.
- burlesona 5y agoWe’ll, I can’t prove or disprove that claim, but most of my coworkers have always been very candid with their preferences. I find it difficult to believe that there’s a large number of people who regularly say one thing while secretly believing the opposite.
- TheCanuckster 5y agoIf this is the case, what are the forums people with less established networks and industry experience use? It would seem prudent to be aware of these other "HNs".
- selfhoster11 5y agoReddit would be my guess.
- r00t4ccess 5y agoThis is my experience as well
- bart_spoon 5y agoThe handful of Reddit programming communities I've seen are also very uninterested in returning to work. I have to wonder if the difference isn't so much "established career" vs "newbie" and is more simply self-selection, with people who are comfortable working remotely more likely to engage frequently in online communities, and those more interested in in-person work less represented.
- throwawayboise 5y agoAlso anyone who has been earning a FAANG salary for 5-10 years should have enough FU money to feel a lot less pressure to conform to unreasonable employer demands.
- bregma 5y agoThis week it's TikTok. There is a really funny one where the guy goes back to work and hits his head on a door.
- majormajor 5y agoI think you'd be surprised by how many people don't really engage in outside-of-work anonymous programming forums, vs their personal contacts/friends/coworkers/ex-coworkers.
- some_hacker 5y agoSlightly? If you’re suggesting HN is old and cranky… You’d be correct.