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This may be the most pompous comment on HN, a forum known for its pompous comments. Congratulations.

by nilved 13y ago

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This may be the most pompous comment on HN Who is more pompous? The people thinking they are intrinsically expert at financial analysis posting here or the person that points out how silly they sound? Seriously, picture a real financial analyst with no computer background reading your Ruby code and drawing all kinds of nonsensical conclusions from it. You'd probably laugh your head off when they read a comment in the code and thought that it was a functional instruction. That's the type of things developers are doing here with their armchair financial analysis.
- socillion 13y ago
  A similar comment deriding your hypothetical financial analyst would be called pompous if they listed credentials, claimed the analyst was uninformed, then declined to say anything more (assuming other commentators were similarly uninformed). Saying "you're wrong" and leaving it at that isn't very helpful and most people will simply ignore the statement.
- TranquilMarmot 13y ago
  A financial analyst may not be able to critique my code, but he can certainly tell if my program works or not and offer his opinion on how it should work. His take on it is not invalid just because he doesn't know how to program. The same can be said for this- I can look at it as a developer and get a general idea of how Microsoft is doing. I may not know all the intricacies behind it, but that doesn't mean my input should be thrown into the trash.
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- netpenthe 13y ago
  just because you're not an 'expert' doesn't mean you shouldn't try... you gotta try to get better at it.
- pessimizer 13y ago
  >the person that points out how silly they sound ...with no counterargument, specific instance, or even evidence of their own credentials. I can tell you how silly you sound because I'm a Harvard trained economist, and unless you were also trained at Harvard, you're clearly unqualified to read a MS press release.
- larrys 13y ago
  "that you will probably sound as uninformed" I agree. But only uninformed to those that are informed. The rest might believe what is being said and not know the difference. That is actually the "danger". Especially in a topic that the majority of the crowd has little knowledge about. I run into this with a few topics that I know quite a bit about and am amazed at the back and forth blind leading the blind. [1] [1] Add: Which doesn't bother me. What bothers me is exactly what you are talking about people making comments that I don't have a clue at all on.
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- nostrademons 13y ago
  There are many people here who have worked in the financial industry before and don't feel the need to brag about exams they've passed, because, well, they just read the damn financial statement and draw their own conclusions.
- clarky07 13y ago
  You act like you are the only developer in the world who has also studied finance. As it happens, you aren't.
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This may be the most pompous comment on HN, a forum known for its pompous comments. Congratulations.

by nilved 13y ago

This may be the most pompous comment on HN, a forum known for its pompous comments. Congratulations.

This may be the most pompous comment on HN Who is more pompous? The people thinking they are intrinsically expert at financial analysis posting here or the person that points out how silly they sound? Seriously, picture a real financial analyst with no computer background reading your Ruby code and drawing all kinds of nonsensical conclusions from it. You'd probably laugh your head off when they read a comment in the code and thought that it was a functional instruction. That's the type of things developers are doing here with their armchair financial analysis.

socillion 13y ago
A similar comment deriding your hypothetical financial analyst would be called pompous if they listed credentials, claimed the analyst was uninformed, then declined to say anything more (assuming other commentators were similarly uninformed). Saying "you're wrong" and leaving it at that isn't very helpful and most people will simply ignore the statement.
TranquilMarmot 13y ago
A financial analyst may not be able to critique my code, but he can certainly tell if my program works or not and offer his opinion on how it should work. His take on it is not invalid just because he doesn't know how to program. The same can be said for this- I can look at it as a developer and get a general idea of how Microsoft is doing. I may not know all the intricacies behind it, but that doesn't mean my input should be thrown into the trash.
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netpenthe 13y ago
just because you're not an 'expert' doesn't mean you shouldn't try... you gotta try to get better at it.
pessimizer 13y ago
>the person that points out how silly they sound ...with no counterargument, specific instance, or even evidence of their own credentials. I can tell you how silly you sound because I'm a Harvard trained economist, and unless you were also trained at Harvard, you're clearly unqualified to read a MS press release.
larrys 13y ago
"that you will probably sound as uninformed" I agree. But only uninformed to those that are informed. The rest might believe what is being said and not know the difference. That is actually the "danger". Especially in a topic that the majority of the crowd has little knowledge about. I run into this with a few topics that I know quite a bit about and am amazed at the back and forth blind leading the blind. [1] [1] Add: Which doesn't bother me. What bothers me is exactly what you are talking about people making comments that I don't have a clue at all on.
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nostrademons 13y ago
There are many people here who have worked in the financial industry before and don't feel the need to brag about exams they've passed, because, well, they just read the damn financial statement and draw their own conclusions.
clarky07 13y ago
You act like you are the only developer in the world who has also studied finance. As it happens, you aren't.

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