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Over here in the Netherlands, years ago, there was a (humorous) commercial by a toilet freshener called Toilet Duck: "We, of Toilet Duck fame, recommend Toilet
by stingraycharles 14y ago
Over here in the Netherlands, years ago, there was a (humorous) commercial by a toilet freshener called Toilet Duck: "We, of Toilet Duck fame, recommend Toilet Duck". It's a phrase that's still occasionally used when someone notices a clearly biased self-promotion, and applies to this story: a newspaper reports that working at a newspaper is more fulfilling than working at Google. Call me unimpressed.
- swah 14y agoI would love to know how many votes your nice comment got, but in new HN I can't...
- muyuu 14y agoAnd I think it's a lot better like this.
- SkyMarshal 14y agoIndeed, no more karma rubbernecking and bandwagoning, the scourge of social news.
- knowtheory 14y agoMaybe you're confused as to what Abe Epton actually does at the Chicago Tribune. Although I don't know him, I am familiar with the News Apps team at the Chicago Tribune. Call it Data Journalism, news room development or whatever, but in almost all cases, people who work on news apps teams are developers, not (just) journalists. So, if you're willing to accept TechCrunch op-eds from startup founders about the topics of their startups (and Hacker News certainly seems to), I am bewildered as to why you would have a problem with a developer comparing his current and former employment situations, and explaining why he prefers his current employer.
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