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John Skylar
Personal blog · johnskylar.comsciencewriting
John Skylar writes Tumblr, a personal blog at johnskylar.com about science and writing. Since 2013, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 4 times, most often “A Career in Science Will Cost You Your Firstborn”. The last post was in 2022, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Only one comment is linked, and it does not judge the writing. The linked post is about careers in science, with the commenter citing it while joking about PhD costs and postdoc pay.
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.
John Skylar, Ph.D. is a science fiction writer, a scientist, the host of Immodest Proposals NYC, and the founder of Better Worlds.
Most-linked posts?
- A Career in Science Will Cost You Your Firstborn2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2015-01-09
What Hacker News says?
Your PhD will cost you the life of your firstborn: http://www.johnskylar.com/post/107416685924/a-career-in-scie... Postdocs definitely deserve be paid (and treated) better.
Comment linking /post/107416685924/a-career-in-science-will-cost-you-your-firstborn
on “What You Need to Know Before Considering a PhD”Submitted A Career in Science Will Cost You Your Firstborn as a story · 629 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why You Don't “Fucking Love Science” as a story · 57 points
HN discussionSubmitted NEW YORKERS AREN’T RUDE. YOU ARE. as a story · 2 points
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