There appears to be a formula to make it to the front page of HN. I haven’t entirely nailed down the specifics, but it’s nearly exclusively self-congratulatory drivel about how to adapt to the world/industry as an individual that’s Way Smarter Than Everybody Else.
I don’t know who these people are that write self help content that is optimized for making it to the front page of HN but if I had to bet, I would bet that their core competency is blog writing and appealing to developers, not coding.
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There appears to be a formula to make it to the front page of HN. I haven’t entirely nailed down the specifics, but it’s nearly exclusively self-congratulatory drivel about how to adapt to the world/industry as an individual that’s Way Smarter Than Everybody Else.
I don’t know who these people are that write self help content that is optimized for making it to the front page of HN but if I had to bet, I would bet that their core competency is blog writing and appealing to developers, not coding.