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This is not intended as an insult, but as an observation: the average tech proficiency level of a lot of commenters on HN seem to be at the earlier stages of th
by plaguepilled 4y ago
This is not intended as an insult, but as an observation: the average tech proficiency level of a lot of commenters on HN seem to be at the earlier stages of their career, or they quickly switched out of the technical work and into management.
This is not to say the work they do is not valuable - quite the opposite. Noobs make the world go round. That said, it also means you can't blame them for technically shallow content.
And anyway, Hacker News as a name always struck me as more or less a marketing gimmick.
- jstx1 4y agoThe technical level can seem very impressive until you read a thread on a topic that you know very well.
- solardev 4y agoFWIW, I still appreciate hearing from other armchair experts. Even their limited knowledge is better than my zero knowledge. I just imagine that every poster could be anyone between a 16-year-old script kiddie or the CTO of a multinational. Or, you know, both.
- giantg2 4y agoOf course it's a statistical thing. Each person knows a limited number of things, and an even smaller number (maybe zero) at an expert level. Yet there are many many topics. The vast majority of people have no expertise in the vast majority of topics. Although asking questions and otherwise participating is how the noobs learn, even the noobs who are experts in something else (or think they are in the current thing).
- d0mine 4y agohttps://effectiviology.com/knolls-law/#The_Gell-Mann_amnesia_effect https://effectiviology.com/knolls-law/#The_Gell-Mann_amnesia...