Comment by keithwhor
6 years ago
The reason I haven’t responded to the math changing is because it’s Christmastime and I’m spending time with family. Some of the responses to my post require a much more thoughtful answer than I can muster while at the gym between meeting family members.
Be patient. I’ll respond to the other post if you wait.
Please do. I honestly want to hear. I am debating whether to join a startup again for my next job or just crank Leetcode and go FAANG and stay for the rest of my life there.
Unless you’re 80, you’re not going to spend the rest of your life at Facebook or Google. Imagine someone in 2004 saying they’re going to work the rest of their life at MySpace or Yahoo.
There are 100% people who have spent their entire career at Microsoft who are financially extremely well connected and financially set for it. Folks who have been there from 1995-2015 and beyond. Don't underestimate the possibility of doing something similar, whether for MSFT or somewhere else.
Fair point.
It sounds a little bit like perhaps your original post required a more thoughtful answer than you could muster while at the gym. Perhaps it could have used a bit more patience as well?
Sure. Feel free to respond. I think everyone would benefit from you contributing more to the discussion, especially if your original post didn't fully clarify your position.
This is a terrible comment. "Be patient" is a non-response. You made a comment, and got a very good response as to why your comment is missing nuances that might be the real reason for a change that you're attributing to something else.
Especially in a forum like this one with no notifications, Be Patient is basically saying STFU.
"Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize. Assume good faith."
https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
In a heated discussion thread we forget that web forums and bulletin boards are not the best place for realtime conversations.
On HN people often do not reply on replies to their comments and it does not mean that they do agree.
It seems like a rather nice thing which helps to avoid many ego-battles.
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The poster I replied to here created a straw man argument based on my lack of response to another comment. I didn’t think that was fair considering my bandwidth limitations, so I decided it would be best to set expectations. My response to the “math changing” comment has now been added above.
Do not assume that the lack of response of somebody else implies anything aside from the fact that they didn’t respond. They could agree, disagree, or maybe they haven’t even read or thought about it yet — and maybe they never will because something else distracts them.
I think discussions tend to be the most productive if we assume everybody has the best intentions. :)
Leaving the passive-aggressive smiley aside for a second, you'd do well to more fully understand my position before brushing it off as a straw man. While I don't agree with how GP phrased it, they are correct that "be patient" is a non-answer. I've been sold enough kool-aid to where my default presumption is that the founder suffers from a "reality-distortion field obscures your inability to see the very real reasons why people make (and remain happy with) these decisions, just because it threatens your life choices and identity." That's why I suggested it when I saw elements of that distortion field in your reply.
We do not agree on how folks should approach their careers. Not one bit. That's not a straw man just because you don't agree. It clearly resonated and struck a chord with others who have been on the other side of the pitch, and who have made the same conclusions I have.