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Auren Hoffman
Personal blog · blog.summation.netstartupscareer
Auren Hoffman's personal blog at blog.summation.net covers startups and career. Since 2008, 22 different Hacker News readers have linked it 24 times, most often “Dealing with rejection is a core competency”. The last post was in 2023, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Auren Hoffman's blog covers hiring, rejection and team performance in tech companies. HN commenters cite it as related reading on dealing with rejection.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- Dealing with rejection is a core competency2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2011-02-06
- Unless you are awesome, you will be outsourced2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2011-10-04
What Hacker News says?
Related article I think underscores your point: Dealing with rejection is a core competency: http://blog.summation.net/2011/02/dealing-with-rejection-is-...
Comment linking /2011/02/dealing-with-rejection-is-a-core-competency.html
on “Is Rejection Painful? Actually, It Is”Submitted In Silicon Valley, Settlers is the New Golf as a story · 76 points
HN discussionI have a serious loathing for people who divide the world into "C players", "B players" and "A players". I have indeed worked in places where I could do things that other people couldn't. But I still feel that people fall down in performance because they aren't given things that suited their ability. But, reading more, this so-and-so doesn't just incidentally divide people, he makes this division the foundation of h…
Comment linking /2008/02/the-power-of-gr.html
on “Why hiring is paradoxically harder in a downturn”Submitted Why hiring is paradoxically harder in a downturn as a story · 41 points
HN discussionSubmitted To grow a company, you need to be good at killing things as a story · 31 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why Angels Continue to Invest in Consumer Internet Deals as a story · 12 points
HN discussionSubmitted Dealing with rejection is a core competency as a story · 10 points
HN discussionSubmitted Summation: Why I Don’t Invest in the U.S. Stock Market as a story · 6 points
HN discussionSubmitted Unless you are awesome, you will be outsourced as a story · 6 points
HN discussionSubmitted Hiring for Startups: Position Players verses All-Around Athletes as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Art of the Email Introduction as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted The "Pretty Girl" Paradox as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Fail to Succeed as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Entrepreneur vs. The Strategy Consultant as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted The difference betweeen an Entrepreneur and a Management Consultant as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Fail to Succeed as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Bad Bosses are Your Fault as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why I Don’t Invest in the U.S. Stock Market as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Unless you are awesome, you will be outsourced as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted How to build companies without politics as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Outsourced Thinking Is Today’s Biggest Problem as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Summation: Common Traits of A-Players as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Productivity gains in software engineering are powering innovation as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Recessions promote breakthrough innovations as a story · 1 points
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