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"Being a social media star is a skillset completely distinct from being someone who writes books — they may overlap occasionally, but it's not the norm." Absol
by metabagel 1y ago
"Being a social media star is a skillset completely distinct from being someone who writes books — they may overlap occasionally, but it's not the norm."
Absolutely
- raincole 1y agoI was about to comment on how much I agree with this quote. Then I realized that pretending to be witty on HN is a skillset that completely distinct from being someone who writes software as well.
- legacynl 1y agoquod erat demonstrandum
- duxup 1y agoSame with coding, pretty much everything. I've met some folks, even taken classes from some people who are involved with some important frameworks and so on, all great experiences ... and yet their social media posts about coding are just pithy garbage, even when they try to say something important. At times the profession and social media posts straight up seem at odds where I think "I get why this limited number of words plays well on social media, but it's not correct... and I think it even indicted the opposite of what the words originally meant." Social media doesn't really make for a good communication channel for anything except social media.