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This is the age of social media. This person has hit the front page of HN twice now. That's a commercially valuable skill. At this point, having proved that ca
by julianeon 1y ago
This is the age of social media. This person has hit the front page of HN twice now. That's a commercially valuable skill.
At this point, having proved that can do something commercially valuable a couple times now, I think they should run with it. Start a YouTube channel. Keep racking up views. Then, eventually, do partnerships and sponsorships, in addition to collecting AdSense money.
If you like to write or perform for other people, you can monetize that now. This person is good at it. They should continue.
- almostgotcaught 1y ago> This is the age of social media. This person has hit the front page of HN twice now. That's a commercially valuable skill. In general yes, wrt HN it's not; literally in this second post he bemoans that the first one didn't pay off for him.
- gk1 1y agoAs someone who’s hired many dev advocates, I definitely value the ability to turn mundane topics into posts that hit the HN front page. If they can do this about something as dull as failing interviews, imagine what they’d do with an actually interesting technical topic.
- majormajor 1y agoFailing interviews is a favorite topic for HN, not a "dull" one; this is not the only person who's made the front page about it, and certainly won't be the last. HN's audience contains a large group that believes "tech interviews are stupid and broken" and this is right up their alley. I don't think it is a strong signal of an easy pivot to influencer-as-a-career.
- dakiol 1y agoYou think too much of HN.
- bryanrasmussen 1y agoSurely many of the kinds of companies this guy is applying to think the same?
- N_Lens 1y agoAs do many employers.
- kelnos 1y agoI expect many tech employers also think too much of HN, which is exactly the point being made here.
- steveklabnik 1y agoPeople think too much of it but also, somehow, far too little at the same time.
- mattgreenrocks 1y agoAgree. Tough crowd overall. And tougher comment section.
- EliRivers 1y agoTruth. There's a reason that people say to never read the comments section of HN or YouTube.
- tayo42 1y agoI had a post here sit at #1 once for a day, I had 200k views from it. I think an ad would have been $2k? Not to bad I think
- jdlshore 1y agoI’ve hit #1 multiple times. HN views are low-value and non-sticky, IME.
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- spacebacon 1y agoInfluence may be intentionally avoided by managers. Applicant should try the marketing team.
- raesene9 1y agoThe job they were applying for was DevRel, literally one of the goals of many DevRel roles is getting traction on places like HN
- x3n0ph3n3 1y agoI would actively avoid hiring someone with a major social media presence. Too risky.
- byryan 1y ago[dead]