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Stop turning over PG's every word like some soon-to-be unemployed English major. It is pathetic. You need experience with the real world through use, and not
by codex 14y ago
Stop turning over PG's every word like some soon-to-be unemployed English major. It is pathetic. You need experience with the real world through use, and not by the cool reflected glow of the Internet on your monitor.
- jacques_chester 14y agoThe analogy I'd make is with theologians: carefully teasing apart the meaning of every. single. word. because the payoff is eternal bliss/admission to YC.
- siglesias 14y ago1) The hit against English majors was entirely unnecessary. 2) I don't see how experiencing the real world would have gotten him any closer to the answer. HN seems to be a perfectly reasonable forum to ask. There might have been something interesting there.
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- amorphid 14y agoThere are days when I think majoring in English would have been more valuable than majoring in business.
- sgentle 14y agoI think you're being unnecessarily confrontational. The question is a valid one. If you're hoping to apply to a fund led by someone, and that someone says "we pay the most attention to how you can hack stuff", then it'd be pretty silly not to try to demonstrate that ability. Even in the real world where there is no Internet or computer monitors, knowing the goals of the people you're applying to is pretty fundamental.
- RegEx 14y agoLook everyone... It's a STEM guy! I agree that the pg worship is weird, but there's no need to be so hostile.