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Ask HN: Author of a Book or App. Which do you respect more?
Curious to know which title garners more credibility... having authored a book or an app.
Which do you respect more?
- skulk 4y agoWhy are you even asking this question? You come off as someone who is trying to "game" their image to appear more credible to others. If credibility is your sole aspiration, you'll probably never achieve it. Just make something, if it's good you'll gain credibility and if it's not then you'll just have to try again. In case you're actually just curious, why not ask yourself? Do you respect authors of books you've read more than the authors of apps you use?
- emotf 4y agoIt was a 'shower thought'. I was reflecting on pretty much every podcast or written interview seems to start with the credibility of the guest. Author of a book seems to be the common theme. Creativity, philosophy, innovation that can be expressed in many ways - not only in writing a book. The purpose of my question was to survey what you all on HN thinks. I know my answer. What is yours?
- christophilus 4y agoIt really depends on the quality of the book / app. Anyone can do either. But doing either with a high quality bar is something else again. I’d probably say it’s a tie. If I’m hiring, though, a high quality app beats a book hands down. A book doesn’t tell me much about your ability to actually build production software.
- emotf 4y agoHa ha! yes, the domain matters a lot. So the point here is the audience.
- karaterobot 4y agoObviously depends on what the book is, or what the app is. But a book is more impressive to me because if I took a random app on the App store, and a random book on Amazon, I would expect the book to represent more of a commitment on the author's part.
- emotf 4y agoGood point. The theme here is respect for the commitment that was achieved.
- al_borland 4y agoIf you want respect, make something respectable. The vehicle is irrelevant.
- emotf 4y agoNice. I agree with this.