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You don’t belong to either group. What does this make you?

• gscott 2y ago
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• shermantanktop 2y ago
  You may have belonged to one of those groups in the past, or maybe you will someday. I certainly have. Many of the more seasoned folks on HN have. Stuff goes wrong, random internet people jump on the opportunity to speculate and say wildly off-the-mark comments, and the engineers trying to keep the ship from sinking have to sit quietly for fear of making the PR backlash worse.
  • tomcam 2y ago
    Most or all of your replies are to people who hallucinate things you didn’t say. Your patience is inspiring.
    • shermantanktop 2y ago
      I was interviewing a dev candidate some years ago and they were totally lost trying to traverse a tree on the whiteboard. I kept helping them get unblocked, because my philosophy is that anyone can get stuck once, but if I’m supposed decide whether to hire you, I should get the most/best data I can. Another person was observing the interview, for training purposes, and afterwards said to me: “Do you have kids? You have so much patience!”
      • tomcam 2y ago
        If I weren’t retired, I would totally apply to work for you