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Over 95% of all comments on HN about business come from people who have never run a non-trivial business. This is beyond obvious to anyone who has. While I am

Over 95% of all comments on HN about business come from people who have never run a non-trivial business. This is beyond obvious to anyone who has. While I am sure it feels great to have and voice an opinion about everything, at some point, in the interest of not engaging in self-deception, one has to be honest in recognizing lack of knowledge. Put a different way: If you have never had to fire 100 people or more, it might be a good idea to recognize you likely are not equipped to understand that reality.

xyzelement 4y ago
This is the vibe I got reading the article as well. "I don't like CEOs and it feels bad that they make money" - then everything else is backfilled to "argue" that.
- robomartin 4y ago
  Yup. These days, being an expert while in full command of ignorance is considered a virtue.
- smcl 4y ago
  Do you realise the article was written by a CEO who has himself made a fairly tidy sum of money over the years?
  - robomartin 4y ago
    Do you realize he is the CEO of a PR firm which LinkedIn shows having only four employees, including him? This is a click-bait. Very few people are qualified to pass judgement on a company having to lay off thousands of people, much less this guy and the vast majority of those compelled to do so on HN. https://www.edzitron.com/#about https://www.edzitron.com/#about
    - smcl 4y ago
      Hold up now you're switching the goalposts. Your original post suggested he was just a nobody, an idealistic (lefty? poor?) non-CEO penning angry screeds motivated by envy. Now that it turns out he's actually successful in his own right, you're now suggesting he's simply not equipped to talk about this - not part of the elite, untouchable few who are allowed comment on the goings-on in Silicon Valley? Also just a heads-up: copy-pasting the first few words of someone's comment and formatting your reply around it looks really juvenile and petty.
      - robomartin 4y ago
        > Your original post suggested he was just a nobody No, it did not. At all. My post had exactly nothing to do with the article’s author. Not one bit. > not part of the elite, untouchable few who are allowed comment on the goings-on in Silicon Valley Yet another misrepresentation. Please read what I actually wrote. > looks really juvenile and petty. That’s your interpretation. From my perspective it’s poetry in motion, a light-hearted intro to a reply rather than the offensive style you chose to assign to it. Take it easy. All in good fun.
absrd 4y ago
I wonder if you'd apply this same standard to those who criticize politicians.

xyzelement 4y ago

This is the vibe I got reading the article as well. "I don't like CEOs and it feels bad that they make money" - then everything else is backfilled to "argue" that.

robomartin 4y ago
Yup. These days, being an expert while in full command of ignorance is considered a virtue.
smcl 4y ago
Do you realise the article was written by a CEO who has himself made a fairly tidy sum of money over the years?
- robomartin 4y ago
  Do you realize he is the CEO of a PR firm which LinkedIn shows having only four employees, including him? This is a click-bait. Very few people are qualified to pass judgement on a company having to lay off thousands of people, much less this guy and the vast majority of those compelled to do so on HN. https://www.edzitron.com/#about https://www.edzitron.com/#about
  - smcl 4y ago
    Hold up now you're switching the goalposts. Your original post suggested he was just a nobody, an idealistic (lefty? poor?) non-CEO penning angry screeds motivated by envy. Now that it turns out he's actually successful in his own right, you're now suggesting he's simply not equipped to talk about this - not part of the elite, untouchable few who are allowed comment on the goings-on in Silicon Valley? Also just a heads-up: copy-pasting the first few words of someone's comment and formatting your reply around it looks really juvenile and petty.
    - robomartin 4y ago
      > Your original post suggested he was just a nobody No, it did not. At all. My post had exactly nothing to do with the article’s author. Not one bit. > not part of the elite, untouchable few who are allowed comment on the goings-on in Silicon Valley Yet another misrepresentation. Please read what I actually wrote. > looks really juvenile and petty. That’s your interpretation. From my perspective it’s poetry in motion, a light-hearted intro to a reply rather than the offensive style you chose to assign to it. Take it easy. All in good fun.

absrd 4y ago

I wonder if you'd apply this same standard to those who criticize politicians.