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Ian Chan

Personal blog · chanian.comprogrammingcareer

Ian Chan's personal blog at chanian.com covers programming and career. Since 2010, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 4 times. The last post was in 2013, but the archive is still widely read.

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4mentions?
4HN people?
2010–2024first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 1 in 2010

Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?

Why HN links it

HN commenters link one post, a 2010 tutorial on moving from Canada to the US, as a resource for Canadians wanting to work in the US. The comments do not evaluate the writing.

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.

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Most-linked posts?

  1. /2010/08/01/tutorial-moving-from-canada-to-america-as-a-software-developer/
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2020-02-09

What Hacker News says?

  1. https://chanian.com/2010/08/01/tutorial-moving-from-canada-t...

    Comment linking /2010/08/01/tutorial-moving-from-canada-to-america-as-a-software-developer/

    on “Canadian government banning Flipper Zero to combat auto theft”
  2. Submitted A man walks into a bar and asks “does anyone here work at a startup?” as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  3. For any Canadian citizens wanting to work in USA: https://chanian.com/2010/08/01/tutorial-moving-from-canada-t...

    Comment linking /2010/08/01/tutorial-moving-from-canada-to-america-as-a-software-developer/

    on “Google's expansion plans show why Canada's tech boom is here to stay”
  4. Submitted Understanding your options, with your stock options as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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