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I felt too insecure to ask (stupid) questions previously because, well, people around you are always confident. But with time I saw there's often not a lot behi
by locallost 5y ago
I felt too insecure to ask (stupid) questions previously because, well, people around you are always confident. But with time I saw there's often not a lot behind this confidence, that someone who has a high opinion of himself is capable of really failing in a very basic way, and that most people are more or less the same. So I talk more freely now, and yes, some people are quick to judge. But whatever.
- sillysaurusx 5y ago(OT, but nice username. "I hate when I get locallost on the way to localhost's LAN party...") The judgmental people tend not to matter in the long run, by the way. Sort of. There are two types of judgmental people. One, the people building a team, or making a bet. Two, the people looking to talk about others. The latter don't matter. The former are quick to judge because they have to be. If they're wrong about their bets, it'll soon become obvious. Which means the optimal strategy is to make many bets, or to interview as many devs as possible, and then cull most of the candidates. It's not personal. http://www.paulgraham.com/judgement.html http://www.paulgraham.com/judgement.html helped me care way less about rejection, which seems to decrease the odds of getting rejected.
- locallost 5y agoRight, I don't care. It's my opinion now that I have to be open about what I think or feel because it's just how I am. So if I don't find a common language with someone, then so be it. There are 7 billion other people on the planet.
- sillysaurusx 5y agoBy the way, consider throwing some contact info in your profile. It sounds like you have a lot of interesting ideas, and I've gotten a lot of random emails from HN people in the past. (I reached for your profile to email you the "nice username" thing, but there wasn't any way.)