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Tucker Max
Personal blog · tuckermax.mestartupsbusinesswriting
Tucker Max's personal blog at tuckermax.me covers startups, business and writing. Since 2012, 10 different Hacker News readers have linked it 13 times, most often “How I Learned to Own My Failures (Asshole to CEO #2)”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
Too few sampled comments (4) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Tucker Max's posts for practical advice on dealing with police, including when to talk to them, and for similar pieces on hiring and on owning failures.
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.
Most-linked posts?
- How I Learned to Own My Failures (Asshole to CEO #2)2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2016-03-03
- /how-to-deal-with-cops-2/2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2013-04-17
- Don't Look for Talent, Find People Who Do Things2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2013-06-21
What Hacker News says?
Yeah, definitely. Tucker Max had a good piece on how to deal with cops: http://tuckermax.me/how-to-deal-with-cops-2/
Comment linking /how-to-deal-with-cops-2/
on “The Boston Marathon Bombing: Keep Calm and Carry On”Submitted Don't Look for Talent, Find People Who Do Things as a story · 109 points
HN discussionHere is some pragmatic advice about when to talk with police from someone who has been stopped by police when they could have legitimately arrested him. If you have done something wrong where someone got hurt - don't talk to them. Otherwise, it depends: http://tuckermax.me/how-to-deal-with-cops-2/
Comment linking /how-to-deal-with-cops-2/
on “AMC movie theater calls FBI to arrest a Google Glass user”Submitted Attention Authors: I Tripled My Royalties, And You Can Too as a story · 6 points
HN discussionVery similar approach as this article by Tucker Max. http://tuckermax.me/dont-look-for-talent-find-people-who-do-...
Comment linking /dont-look-for-talent-find-people-who-do-things/
on “How to Decide if a New Hire Will Be a Team Player in the Interview”Submitted “How I Learned from My Business Failures (Asshole to CEO #1)” as a story · 3 points
HN discussionI wrote at the bottom that they helped me write it. I literally showed early drafts of this to the guy that hired and fired me, and he urged me to be even more candid than I was originally. But then again, he has no problem admitting his own shortcomings either. For example: http://tuckermax.me/how-i-learned-to-own-my-failures-asshole...
Comment linking /how-i-learned-to-own-my-failures-asshole-to-ceo-2/
on “How I got fired from my job, and what I learned”Submitted Best Crowdfunding Platforms for Startups as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted How I Learned to Own My Failures (Asshole to CEO #2) as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Right & Wrong Way To Ask For A Job Or A Mentor as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted My Start-up Experience, And What I Learned as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why I Invested #3: Regalii as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted How Crowdfunding Will Change The World, Part 4: Entrepreneurship as a story · 1 points
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