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Garann Means
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Garann Means writes garann means, a personal blog at garann.com about programming and culture. Since 2011, 27 different Hacker News readers have linked it 29 times, most often “You keep using that word "meritocracy"”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
Too few sampled comments (7) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Garann Means's posts on meritocracy, diversity and unpaid labour in tech, and a post on blogging about code. Commenters call them well written, inspirational and worth a read.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 7 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- You keep using that word "meritocracy"5 people · 5 mentions · first linked 2012-10-16
- How to blog about code and give zero f*cks4 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2013-09-12
- How to write about code and give zero fucks (2013)4 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2016-02-28
- Authority and Paying Your Dues2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2012-05-11
- Where do junior developers come from?2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2015-01-09
- What the fuck is an entrepreneur2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2012-06-01
What Hacker News says?
I'd point you to a few well written articles that address this line of thinking pretty well: * http://www.ashedryden.com/blog/the-ethics-of-unpaid-labor-an... * https://blog.jcoglan.com/2013/11/15/why-github-is-not-your-c... * http://www.garann.com/dev/2012/you-keep-using-that-word/
Comment linking /dev/2012/you-keep-using-that-word/
on “The Other Side of Diversity”Submitted The $150k Solution as a story · 137 points
HN discussionHey, you did a thing and told people [0]! Good for you. Is it perfect? No idea, but from reading the comments here a lot of people don't think so. Who cares though [1]! You're so far ahead of so many people because you actually did something. Next time maybe all your GETs will be RESTful, maybe not. Either way, you've done a thing, put it out there, and are presumably learning a lot by doing so. Great work. [0] http…
Comment linking /dev/2013/how-to-blog-about-code-and-give-zero-fucks/
on “Show HN: Deck of Cards – A playing card API”Submitted You keep using that word "meritocracy" as a story · 49 points
HN discussion"how to blog about code and give zero fucks" by Garann Means http://www.garann.com/dev/2013/how-to-blog-about-code-and-gi...
Comment linking /dev/2013/how-to-blog-about-code-and-give-zero-fucks/
on “Ask HN: What are the most inspirational blog posts you've ever read?”Submitted “Two and a half years ago I quit my last tech job.” (2016) as a story · 20 points
HN discussionYeah well, and here we're looking at an article claiming "it's illegal to work hard in the EU", which wasn't even wrote by a random drunk and is just as bad. Also: http://www.garann.com/dev/2012/what-the-fuck-is-an-entrepren...
Comment linking /dev/2012/what-the-fuck-is-an-entrepreneur/
on “Advice for US entrepreneurs who move to Europe”Submitted How to blog about code and give zero f*cks as a story · 9 points
HN discussion1. Meritocracy is a myth. This is probably worth a read. http://www.garann.com/dev/2012/you-keep-using-that-word/ 2. Everyone is entitled to their own opinions. That does not mean they are free from consequences when they share that opinion publicly.
Comment linking /dev/2012/you-keep-using-that-word/
on “Business Insider CTO Forced to Resign Following Twitter Firestorm”Submitted What the fuck is an entrepreneur as a story · 8 points
HN discussion"The word meritocracy comes from a political satire. It was never meant to be something we should aspire to. It was the opposite, actually, a warning about how we rationalize what we believe we’ve 'earned'. If that sentence doesn’t seem to you applicable to the tech industry and our cyclical discussions about sexism, racism, and even occasionally classism, go get yourself another cup of coffee." from http://www.gara…
Comment linking /dev/2012/you-keep-using-that-word/
on “Building a better and more diverse community”Submitted How to write about code and give zero fucks (2013) as a story · 6 points
HN discussionI think HN needs to read Garann Mean's kickass blog post on "meritocracy" again: http://www.garann.com/dev/2012/you-keep-using-that-word/
Comment linking /dev/2012/you-keep-using-that-word/
on a deleted threadSubmitted How to blog about code and give zero fucks as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted How to Blog about Code and Give Zero Fucks as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Javascript hotline as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted No country for old hackers as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Where do junior developers come from? as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted A theory on tech community drama as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Hostess and Britruby as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Authority and Paying Your Dues as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted A retirement fund for your JavaScript as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted "girl" power versus "woman" power as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted How to blog about code and give zero fucks (2013) as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted How to Blog about Code as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Where do junior developers come from? (2014) as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Join The Internet, See The World as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Authority and paying your dues as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted An event for women devs at SXSW as a story · 1 points
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