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Hey, man, the OP is almost 30 years old. He's figured it all out.

by jfb 13y ago

UnoriginalGuy 13y ago
That's a really low effort reply that adds nothing to the topic. Plus the OP's age is irrelevant. Even if he was 70 his point would be no more or less valid, and would still likely have the same issues. We can do better than this!
- jrabone 13y ago
  I read that as the original article OP, not the person posting on HN; whose point are you defending here? OT: wouldn't it be great if software like HN made it trivially easy to indicate WHO was being talked about? OP is apparently confusing - perhaps colour coding, or some other visual cue rather than "the post two posts above the reply to the previous post" or the mangled cut'n'paste of someone's barely readable grey handle that we have now.
  - ColinWright 13y ago
    I thought it was pretty clear that "OP" in this case referred to "Original Poster", by which s/he means the person who wrote the article. It can't really refer to groundCode, because there's no way to work out his/her age. "OP" stands for "Original Poster." Your point is valid, but it's usually easily deduced, or the person who wrote the ambiguous comment should simply have been clearer.
  - StavrosK 13y ago
    He's also talking about the article OP, and he's saying that the HN poster's reply about age is very low-effort and doesn't contribute much, apart from an ad hominem.
- jpwagner 13y ago
  Maybe it wasn't so eloquently stated, but it's a valid point. The article is written by someone who is not yet 30 and started his company, a small web design company, 14 years ago. He has likely worked with young, small teams and has no other experience. The article itself comes off as naive and doesn't even say who the advice is intended for. It's reminiscent of a bad assignment for an undergraduate management course.
- gwright 13y ago
  Age is hardly irrelevant, especially when the point being made is of the form "In my experience …"

Hey, man, the OP is almost 30 years old. He's figured it all out.

by jfb 13y ago

Hey, man, the OP is almost 30 years old. He's figured it all out.

That's a really low effort reply that adds nothing to the topic. Plus the OP's age is irrelevant. Even if he was 70 his point would be no more or less valid, and would still likely have the same issues. We can do better than this!

jrabone 13y ago
I read that as the original article OP, not the person posting on HN; whose point are you defending here? OT: wouldn't it be great if software like HN made it trivially easy to indicate WHO was being talked about? OP is apparently confusing - perhaps colour coding, or some other visual cue rather than "the post two posts above the reply to the previous post" or the mangled cut'n'paste of someone's barely readable grey handle that we have now.
- ColinWright 13y ago
  I thought it was pretty clear that "OP" in this case referred to "Original Poster", by which s/he means the person who wrote the article. It can't really refer to groundCode, because there's no way to work out his/her age. "OP" stands for "Original Poster." Your point is valid, but it's usually easily deduced, or the person who wrote the ambiguous comment should simply have been clearer.
- StavrosK 13y ago
  He's also talking about the article OP, and he's saying that the HN poster's reply about age is very low-effort and doesn't contribute much, apart from an ad hominem.
jpwagner 13y ago
Maybe it wasn't so eloquently stated, but it's a valid point. The article is written by someone who is not yet 30 and started his company, a small web design company, 14 years ago. He has likely worked with young, small teams and has no other experience. The article itself comes off as naive and doesn't even say who the advice is intended for. It's reminiscent of a bad assignment for an undergraduate management course.
gwright 13y ago
Age is hardly irrelevant, especially when the point being made is of the form "In my experience …"