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Ernie Miller

Personal blog · ernie.ioprogrammingcareer

Ernie Miller's personal blog at ernie.io covers programming and career. Since 2015, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 4 times, most often “Market Rate is for Lobsters”. The last post was in 2021, but the archive is still widely read.

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4mentions?
4HN people?
2015–2021first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 1 in 2015

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

Why HN links it

The one HN comment cites a post arguing that market-rate pay for remote positions has costs, titled "market rate is for lobsters". The comment does not judge the writing.

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.

Ernie Miller is a values-driven engineering leader, conference speaker, and lover of people based in Naples, Florida.

Most-linked posts?

  1. Market Rate is for Lobsters
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2015-12-06

What Hacker News says?

  1. Pay disparities for remote positions has potential costs: https://ernie.io/2015/12/05/market-rate-is-for-lobsters/

    Comment linking /2015/12/05/market-rate-is-for-lobsters/

    on “U.S. startups: it's dirt cheap to hire skilled Canadian programmers right now”
  2. Submitted Market Rate is for Lobsters as a story · 120 points

    HN discussion
  3. Submitted Why I Love Being a Programmer in Louisville as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  4. Submitted The Values Donut as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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