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Fluff. Can someone explain why we're taking business advice from a college kid who's working on an embryonic startup, and other than that has only worked in in
by erlanger 18y ago
Fluff.
Can someone explain why we're taking business advice from a college kid who's working on an embryonic startup, and other than that has only worked in internships? The red flag here is that the post does not relate any relevant business experiences and has a linkbait title. Here are some others that exhibit identical traits:
* http://jessicamah.com/blog/?p=641 http://jessicamah.com/blog/?p=641
* http://jessicamah.com/blog/?p=560 http://jessicamah.com/blog/?p=560
* http://jessicamah.com/blog/?p=417 http://jessicamah.com/blog/?p=417
* http://jessicamah.com/blog/?p=406 http://jessicamah.com/blog/?p=406
My personal favorite: http://jessicamah.com/blog/?p=372 http://jessicamah.com/blog/?p=372
Hiring advice from someone who's never hired!
Maybe instead of spending time burning the midnight oil for my small business, I should post linkbait and get the red carpet treatment like this "entrepreneur" has.
Edit: It's also pretty lame to submit your own blog posts.
- azrealus 18y agoI agree.
- 10ren 18y agoCreated 403 days ago, just to make this one comment "I agree" ? http://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=azrealus http://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=azrealus I should clarify: accounts with this usage pattern seem to be common practice for spammers, that have been discussed on HN before. azrealus, if you are a real person, I apologize for jumping to conclusions. I certainly have no problem with a real person, usage frequency isn't important - although it is preferable to contribute something to the discussion more than "I agree", since an upvote signals that.
- erlanger 18y agoAh, so we've now reached the point where we frequently cite poster tenure?
- 10ren 18y agoIt's interesting that you don't find a 403 day old account with only 1 (content-free) comment a little odd.
- erlanger 18y agoIt is odd, but I don't care much for the practice of inspecting user profiles, except when browsing submitted content. Edit: I've thought about this a bit, and I think it's wrong to suspect users in this way. There are likely many who just vote on stories and don't feel the need to leave comments. Maybe the commenter is just getting their feet wet...
- azrealus 18y agothanks erlanger...
- azrealus 18y ago10ren I'm real. sorry for not writing more and for waiting 403 days :). I've just found my old account...
- 10ren 18y agoOh man, I'm sorry! I feel so embarrassed, I'm going red and my face feels hot. I'll never doubt your existence again. :-)
- pg 18y agoA bit harsh. I don't think this is deliberate linkbait (or rather votebait); I think it's mostly youthful exuberance. And she does have a point, even though she doesn't have a lot of data to back it up.
- erlanger 18y agoI think it's self-promotion, for better or worse.
- dannyr 18y agoI think it's youthful exuberance too. The blog post is not bad but my guess is that she heard or read it from other people. It's not based on experience. I remember when I was in college, we had a shortage of professors. They started hiring fresh grads and they taught courses such as project management, entreprenuer, etc. The new teachers were teaching from the book. Students never listened and we passed the course just by reading the book.
- 10ren 18y agoI read it more as needing our advice. Observation: if real life people are too nice, you can get plenty of brutal feedback online - but note that harsh words are no more necessarily true than are kind words false. BTW http://google.com/search?q=entrepeneur+site:http://jessicamah.com/blog http://google.com/search?q=entrepeneur+site:http://jessicama... didn't find any of the "entrepreneur" misspelling you mention.
- erlanger 18y agoMy bad on the misspelling, I sometimes leave out the extra "r." The quotes imply that this person is in fact not much of an entrepreneur.
- jpwagner 18y agoIt's your choice who you take business advice from. I don't know her personally, but she's young, bright, trying really hard, and going to succeed. You on the other hand, joined 29 days ago and are whining like an arrogant prick. Edit: It's ok to submit your own post, because you are only voting for it once...
- erlanger 18y agoIf somebody posted an article on Python best practices with no evidence of Python experience, you'd be singing a very different tune. But I guess double standards are OK. I didn't say a thing about the poster's age, intelligence, effort, or destiny. My point is that people shouldn't be giving such strong advice when it's based on nothing of substance. "arrogant prick" ad hominem argument for the win.
- icey 18y agoI don't see a problem with someone submitting their own blog posts if they're topical.