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Noting also that this was posted by the consulting services on Sunday on HN. And written first (which had to take time as well). Obviously not all of this is
by larrys 13y ago
Noting also that this was posted by the consulting services on Sunday on HN.
And written first (which had to take time as well).
Obviously not all of this is going to stick. And the consultant could be quite successful without going to the trouble of writing a blog post and trying to get it on HN (or elsewhere). But the extra effort in this case worked (it seems) and it is drawing attention no doubt to the consulting services which I had never heard of before.
Since it got the required attention it probably shows a bit that the effort and extra work payed off.
And if the OP worked every single weekend doing the same thing (here and elsewhere) that extra work could land "the big client". This, from my experience, is the way things like this work.
- USNetizen 13y agoIn all honesty, none of this was my intention. I had no idea things would be this popular. I'm glad it is, don't get me wrong, but I sort of stumbled into this. It wasn't planned or put up with the intent to advertise. The whole post took no more than about 30 minutes to write, I just happen to have strong feelings and a lot of experience on the subject which made it easy to put together.
- larrys 13y agoUnderstood. But likewise you should also realize that working long hours or "all the time" to some people is not really always work. I've had people do a "tisk tisk" he is working and I say "I like what I am doing so don't feel bad for me". I'm sure I'm not the only person who is like this either. For one person traveling on business might be something they hate and another something that they get great joy from. Anyway they might not be really suffering that much. [1] (I speak from my own point of view and assume that others may feel the same way.) [1] Also they could be escaping something else that is much less desirable perhaps. "Help me clean the house" as one example!