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Is this some sort of challenge on how far you can make it into the article before throwing up? I have not read something this pretentious and self absorbed, ye

Is this some sort of challenge on how far you can make it into the article before throwing up? I have not read something this pretentious and self absorbed, yet painfully lacking in self-awareness in a long long time. It is beyond me how this fart huffing pseudo spiritualism becomes intertwined with engineering culture. I mean, I respect the hustle, turning lifestyle advice and a general sense of being better than you into expensive billable consulting hours.

mrmanner 3y ago
This type of comment is why we can’t have nice things. Don’t like a link? That’s fine, but no need to be mean about it.
- torginus 3y ago
  First, I disagree with the premise that you cannot criticize articles in the comments. That's what they are for, after all! My delivery could've been more refined, and maybe my comment was as unnecessarily angry, I still fully stand by its contents. The whole article is a giant ad for the guy's management consulting gig. It contains a mishmash of far eastern mysticism, self-help nonsense, political signaling, all of which have nothing to do with developing software, even though the article suggests otherwise. Mental health is important, and each of us lets off steam in their own ways, but to claim that the aforementioned things give you product development superpowers is the exact same mental jump as claiming a particularly fancy (and maybe religiously/spiritually meaningful) piece of jewellery has healing powers. It is quackery, the enemy of every skilled professional.
  - mrmanner 3y ago
    My delivery could have been refined as well - I don’t mind criticism per se, only when it’s angry and comes off as mean. To some extent I do believe in public praise and private criticism, but less so when an author links their own work like they did here.
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rpastuszak 3y ago
This feels like such a cynical take. I built Sit. for the reasons mentioned in the article. The consulting page was published almost 1 year after I published the app (the source is available on my GH). I took a break from work because of mental health issues, and after a year I decided to work on something useful, and ideally help others. I've never charged anyone who called me asking for advice via Say Hi, be it students, ex-CTOs/FAANG engineers or founders, never (and people have offered money, believe me). I've burned through half of my personal savings so will need to find a job to support a sustainable business I want to grow, something very much against the techbro culture you bring up here. Hence the link to a consulting page posted several months later. There's nothing spiritual about Sit., I even call it a dumb alarm clock/glorified gong in my other articles. I don't want to change your opinion, but I'm happy I hadn't read this +1 year ago, when I was feeling shittier. Now things are much easier, in large part because comments like this are an exception and people, generally, are kind.

mrmanner 3y ago

This type of comment is why we can’t have nice things. Don’t like a link? That’s fine, but no need to be mean about it.

torginus 3y ago
First, I disagree with the premise that you cannot criticize articles in the comments. That's what they are for, after all! My delivery could've been more refined, and maybe my comment was as unnecessarily angry, I still fully stand by its contents. The whole article is a giant ad for the guy's management consulting gig. It contains a mishmash of far eastern mysticism, self-help nonsense, political signaling, all of which have nothing to do with developing software, even though the article suggests otherwise. Mental health is important, and each of us lets off steam in their own ways, but to claim that the aforementioned things give you product development superpowers is the exact same mental jump as claiming a particularly fancy (and maybe religiously/spiritually meaningful) piece of jewellery has healing powers. It is quackery, the enemy of every skilled professional.
- mrmanner 3y ago
  My delivery could have been refined as well - I don’t mind criticism per se, only when it’s angry and comes off as mean. To some extent I do believe in public praise and private criticism, but less so when an author links their own work like they did here.

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rpastuszak 3y ago

This feels like such a cynical take. I built Sit. for the reasons mentioned in the article. The consulting page was published almost 1 year after I published the app (the source is available on my GH). I took a break from work because of mental health issues, and after a year I decided to work on something useful, and ideally help others. I've never charged anyone who called me asking for advice via Say Hi, be it students, ex-CTOs/FAANG engineers or founders, never (and people have offered money, believe me). I've burned through half of my personal savings so will need to find a job to support a sustainable business I want to grow, something very much against the techbro culture you bring up here. Hence the link to a consulting page posted several months later. There's nothing spiritual about Sit., I even call it a dumb alarm clock/glorified gong in my other articles. I don't want to change your opinion, but I'm happy I hadn't read this +1 year ago, when I was feeling shittier. Now things are much easier, in large part because comments like this are an exception and people, generally, are kind.