One thing I always have in the back of my mind is to work hard to avoid hating anyone because they're good at what they do Stop right there. None of us hate pe

One thing I always have in the back of my mind is to work hard to avoid hating anyone because they're good at what they do Stop right there. None of us hate people who are good at what they do. When we find someone who's better, we seek that person out and try to learn as much as we can. I'd believe this to be especially true on HN, where there's an above-normal proportion of top-5% programmers, many of whom rarely get that opportunity to learn from someone of truly superior skill. The problem with political players is that, while they suck at what they do, they're great at hacking evaluation processes and making themselves look superior. That hurts everyone (except them) because their shitty decisions and ideas result in a widespread proliferation of crap.