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Darius A Monsef IV

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Darius A Monsef IV writes Bubs, a personal blog at bubs.co about startups and career. Since 2012, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 7 times, most often “If you ever feel alone in this...”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.

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7mentions?
3HN people?
2012–2013first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 5 in 2013

Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?

Why HN links it

The only comment asks whether anyone knows of mental health professionals for startups and does not discuss the writing. The linked post is about investing in the mental health of a team.

Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.

Darius A Monsef IV. 3x YC founder. Two exits. Operator and investor.

Most-linked posts?

  1. If you ever feel alone in this...
    2 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2013-02-23

What Hacker News says?

  1. For a fuller perspective on what my thoughts are on geek macho bullshit, you might care to read: http://bubs.co/if-you-ever-feel-alone-in-this (I agree that there is too much of it.) And I should know better than to post any kind of general analogy as a way to illustrate a story here on HN with a bunch of smart people who'll punch holes in the technical impracticalities of such analogy... but yes, I took a negative…

    Comment linking /if-you-ever-feel-alone-in-this

    on “I’m Really Tired. It’s A Good Thing.”
  2. Submitted If you ever feel alone in this... as a story · 439 points

    HN discussion
  3. I am very curious about this. Does anyone have personal or even second-hand stories of a mental health professional for startups? I know of plenty of companies who do things to make employees "happy" - massages, free food, high salary - but I have never heard of a company directly focused on helping each employee have a sound mind. In my opinion, this just makes sense. Especially in a small startup, the stresses the…

    Comment linking /if-you-ever-feel-alone-in-this

    on “Investing in the mental health of your team”
  4. Submitted Replacing Work/Life Balance with Work/Life Harmony as a story · 50 points

    HN discussion
  5. Submitted Being Bold as a story · 34 points

    HN discussion
  6. Submitted I’m Really Tired. It’s A Good Thing. as a story · 31 points

    HN discussion
  7. Submitted Replacing Work/Life Balance with Work/Life Harmony as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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