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"My name is Mohamed, and I am a jail guard!" G'day, Mohamed don't make the mistake of defining yourself by your job. You are much, much more than that. You wor
by bootload 11y ago
"My name is Mohamed, and I am a jail guard!"
G'day, Mohamed don't make the mistake of defining yourself by your job. You are much, much more than that. You work (and survive) in a Jail? That now makes you 10x better than most nerds on HN in understanding and handling people. Scan HN and the general press and you can see how badly Startups and their users are hurt by this and you'll realise this is a desirable skill. Start from there.
- akerl_ 11y ago~"Don't make the mistake of defining yourself by your job, just know that your job makes you better than these other people with a different job"
- TeMPOraL 11y agoDon't define yourself by your job, but recognize the unique skills it gave you and use them to your advantage.
- wwwarsame 11y agoYes!
- y4mi 11y ago> ~"Don't make the mistake of defining yourself by your job, just know that your job makes you better >> in understanding and handling people > than these other people with a different job" you can't ignore the middle, as that is the defining part of his sentence. every sentence is hypocrisy if you remove important parts
- rickhanlonii 11y ago> ~"You can't ignore the middle, every sentence is hypocrisy."
- galfarragem 11y agoThis is related with English language itself (and most languages as far as I know). For example if you say that in Italian doesn't make sense: Io sono architetto. // I am an architect You must say: Io faccio l'architetto. // I make the architect (job) Disclaimer: I'm not a linguist neither an Italian native. More accurate comments are welcome.
- EdiX 11y agoYou are wrong. Both "sono architetto" and "sono un architetto" are valid italian and actually very common. Also the verb closest to fare is to do not to make. Source: I'm italian. Y'all are philosophising too much about the copula (a rather common philosopher's pasttime).
- mahouse 11y ago>G'day, Mohamed don't make the mistake of defining yourself by your job. Why not? A jail guard sounds very, very badass.
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- wwwarsame 11y agoHey bootload, you are right. I AM more than my job. I just like to throw that in there once in a while. The mistake is people reading and taking this literally, as if I can't do anything else or my numerous life experiences don't amount to anything when starting a Startup.
- aaronbasssett 11y ago> That now makes you 10x better than most nerds on HN in understanding and handling people At the risk of making your point for you, as one of the "nerds on HN" I would just like to tell you to take your sweeping statements and fuck off. Or have you forgotten you're a member of this site as well, nerd.
- scott_karana 11y agoThe core of your rebuttal was sound, but both you and GP were pretty rude.
- aaronbasssett 11y agoDoes being Irish/Scot earn me a little leeway? That is probably the minimum amount of swearing I'm allowed per sentence.
- scott_karana 11y agoHah, I think if you put /scot at the end of your sentence, I wouldn't have thought twice. The internet and tone... :)