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The "github star" claim links to the source (it's some github program where you can nominate people to be accepted into some promotion campaign). Saying self pr

The "github star" claim links to the source (it's some github program where you can nominate people to be accepted into some promotion campaign). Saying self proclaimed makes him sound pretentious, it's actually awarded by github.

latexr 4y ago
You can be factual and still sound pretentious and cringey. Like the medical doctors who insist on being called “doctor”, to the point of smuggly “correcting” strangers in a social setting. I don’t know this user and won’t assume his intentions, but I can see how having “I’m a GitHub star [star emoji]” as the first sentence on the profile is doing him a disservice: it makes it seem like it’s the most impressive thing he’s achieved and diminishes everything else.
- newmac 4y ago
  FWIW a smug doctor usually corrects people that they are a Physician.
  - latexr 4y ago
    Maybe in English, but in my native tongue there’s no word for physician. Also, I meant in the sense that you call someone “mister McSmug” and they reply almost angrily with “doctor McSmug”.
- swyx 4y ago
  fixed. i wrote that when i was still trying to be approachable and cutesy. now i dont need it lol.
  - tylerhannan 4y ago
    I love the edit in GH. So much. Thank you for the work you do and for how much you have contributed to people learning over the years. <3
  - latexr 4y ago
    To reiterate, I don’t know you and don’t assume your intentions—and thus do not judge them. I’m also not familiar with your work but I have no doubt it’s more relevant than whatever “star award”. In other words: it makes zero difference to me what you write in your bio though I can see how its previous wording took away from what’s important. I was conveying to the parent comment my understanding of the comment they were replying to. Apologies for making you feel judged, that was not the point. Quite the contrary: I wanted to underline that by not knowing your intentions it does not make sense to criticise how you choose to present yourself.
    - swyx 4y ago
      yup no hard feelings. felt defensive heheh. i guess as my career has gone on i've accumulated other stuff but early on the github star thing really did feel like a big deal + if i wasnt gonna plug it on my github readme where else

latexr 4y ago

You can be factual and still sound pretentious and cringey. Like the medical doctors who insist on being called “doctor”, to the point of smuggly “correcting” strangers in a social setting. I don’t know this user and won’t assume his intentions, but I can see how having “I’m a GitHub star [star emoji]” as the first sentence on the profile is doing him a disservice: it makes it seem like it’s the most impressive thing he’s achieved and diminishes everything else.

newmac 4y ago
FWIW a smug doctor usually corrects people that they are a Physician.
- latexr 4y ago
  Maybe in English, but in my native tongue there’s no word for physician. Also, I meant in the sense that you call someone “mister McSmug” and they reply almost angrily with “doctor McSmug”.
swyx 4y ago
fixed. i wrote that when i was still trying to be approachable and cutesy. now i dont need it lol.
- tylerhannan 4y ago
  I love the edit in GH. So much. Thank you for the work you do and for how much you have contributed to people learning over the years. <3
- latexr 4y ago
  To reiterate, I don’t know you and don’t assume your intentions—and thus do not judge them. I’m also not familiar with your work but I have no doubt it’s more relevant than whatever “star award”. In other words: it makes zero difference to me what you write in your bio though I can see how its previous wording took away from what’s important. I was conveying to the parent comment my understanding of the comment they were replying to. Apologies for making you feel judged, that was not the point. Quite the contrary: I wanted to underline that by not knowing your intentions it does not make sense to criticise how you choose to present yourself.
  - swyx 4y ago
    yup no hard feelings. felt defensive heheh. i guess as my career has gone on i've accumulated other stuff but early on the github star thing really did feel like a big deal + if i wasnt gonna plug it on my github readme where else