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Nicholas Bergson-Shilcock
Personal blog · unschooled.org · on HN as nicholasjbsstartupsproductivity
Nicholas Bergson-Shilcock writes Unschooled, a personal blog at unschooled.org about startups and productivity. Since 2010, 11 different Hacker News readers have linked it 20 times, most often “The Path to Hacker School”. The last post was in 2012, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Commenters link Nicholas Bergson-Shilcock's posts as background on Hacker School's origins, tracing its path from HireHive and Hackruiter, and as the founders' blogs. Comments do not judge the writing.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- The Path to Hacker School3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2012-01-06
What Hacker News says?
I cannot overstate how much power naps have improved my life. I started doing them regularly about seven years ago and have been recommending them to everyone I can since. Napping makes me happier, more alert, and way more productive. A shameless plug: I wrote a post about how I learned to nap here: http://unschooled.org/2011/05/how-i-nap
Comment linking /2011/05/how-i-nap
on “How to nap”Submitted The Path to Hacker School as a story · 142 points
HN discussionIt's funny because they actually know a bit about rebranding. Hacker School evolved out of Hackruiter, which in turn came from HireHive. http://unschooled.org/2012/06/the-path-to-hacker-school/ All told they've been around since 2011. If they think three years is too late to change brands, well, it just sounds pretty shortsighted to me. They can take their existing customers with them and build much needed credibili…
Comment linking /2012/06/the-path-to-hacker-school/
on “Mistakes we've made”Submitted Living in 80 square feet (2010) as a story · 96 points
HN discussionThe blogs of the founders, enough for my point: http://unschooled.org/ http://dave.is/
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on “The Hacker School Experience”Submitted Nothing is ever as risky as you think it is as a story · 89 points
HN discussionTrue wealth is how long you can maintain your preferred lifestyle without working. While most of us won't become rich [1], we can become wealthier [2]. As Robert Kiyosaki says, most people trade time for money (job) [3]. We are lucky as software entrepreneurs to have the ability to make some money without working (e.g. working for yourself is not scalable but a revenue-generating website can be multiplied - example:…
Comment linking /2010/11/first-know-thyself/
on “Who rules America”Submitted How to ask for things as a story · 87 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Path to Hacker School (2012) as a story · 42 points
HN discussionSubmitted Can interview puzzles help find startup ideas? as a story · 22 points
HN discussionSubmitted Understanding the "this" keyword in JavaScript as a story · 8 points
HN discussionSubmitted How to hack your motivation function and stay motivated as a story · 7 points
HN discussionSubmitted The cofounder search fallacy as a story · 6 points
HN discussionSubmitted Live without regrets (I should have met Steve Jobs when I had the chance) as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Looking for a cofounder? Reverse the order of operations as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Netflix and the future (2011) as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The most beautiful ideas I’ve encountered as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted First, Know Thyself as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted What Sam Altman taught me about risk (2011) as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted How to ask for things as a story · 1 points
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