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> I feel like this is a cultural shift for hn, and I'm curious about where it comes from My gut feeling - without data to back it up - is that HN has shifted f
by w4 3y ago
> I feel like this is a cultural shift for hn, and I'm curious about where it comes from
My gut feeling - without data to back it up - is that HN has shifted from a forum mostly for founders and hackers to a forum mostly for FAANG employees who would have gone into finance or consulting in the 2000s. This mirrors the shift in the tech industry at large.
- monknomo 3y agoYeah, that tracks. Wonder where the founders and hackers are hanging out these days
- w4 3y agoI suspect many are still here. They're just a much lower percentage of the userbase than they once were. Anecdotally many are on Twitter, though that may have more to do with the curation of my follows than anything else.
- mardifoufs 3y agoWhy do you think founders would prefer WFH? All the data seems to point to even small start ups pushing for rto
- w4 3y agoI was commenting on the broader cultural shift on HN over the past 15+ years, not on RTO vs WFH.
- mardifoufs 3y agoOh, agreed then. Tbh, it could be worse. Founder culture seems to have disappeared in favor or crypto or internet "entrepreneurs", and that still seems to be pretty rare here. Not sure if there is any actual founder community still left
- monknomo 3y agoyeah, where's the people that want to build a business that makes something or provides a service rather than build a business that provides a successful exit?