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The Context Of Things
Personal blog · thecontextofthings.combusinesscareer
The Context Of Things is a personal blog at thecontextofthings.com about business and career. Since 2019, 5 different Hacker News readers have linked it 5 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-06-05, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (4) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Essays on management, work, growth and workplace habits, such as following up on email, CEO competence and migration patterns. Commenters link them as supporting references rather than comment on the writing.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 4 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Reflections on management, growth, failure, relationships, and more
What Hacker News says?
Hard learned lessons for some. The money is the validation, anything else is a call for therapy or more support from loved ones. https://thecontextofthings.com/2014/10/15/don-draper-thats-w...
Comment linking /2014/10/15/don-draper-thats-what-the-money-is-for/
on “My Time Working at Stripe”Submitted Lonnie Johnson, in some ways, could personify the 'American Dream' (2013) as a story · 1 points
HN discussionThis. I've reached a point where I ignore most of my e-mail. Not even bothering organising it. http://thecontextofthings.com/2018/06/28/inbox-usually-peopl...
Comment linking /2018/06/28/inbox-usually-peoples-agendas-not/
on “It is your responsibility to follow up (2019)”See: http://thecontextofthings.com/2014/04/23/people-are-leaving-... . Domestic migration is flowing from New York, LA, etc., to southern cities like Charlotte, Houston, etc., where purchasing power is higher. New York lost 1.5 million net residents to domestic migration from 2001 to 2008. (I.e. 1.5 million more people left New York for another state than left another state for New York.)
Comment linking /2014/04/23/people-are-leaving-new-york-chicago-and-los-angeles-for-houston-dallas-seattle-charlotte-and-nashville
on “Svalbard is as close as you can get to a place with open borders”As a culture the west needs to understand that CEOs aren't exalted super geniuses. Most of them are shockingly average in their intelligence, some are even below average. In their focus area they are usually competent, but not as much as someone who is still actively doing that type of work. But usually the "special" quality they have in abundance is sociopathy. https://thecontextofthings.com/2019/10/17/so-are-most-…
Comment linking /2019/10/17/so-are-most-ceos-sociopaths/
on “Sam Altman's Coworkers Say He Can Barely Code and Misunderstands Basic Concepts”