Dealing with feedback when it's personal – Coding with Empathy

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14 points·pavsaund··5 comments

I read the previous piece. I suspect it was useful to people with interests other than being an asshat...and on Hacker News that's a disproportionate number of people relative to the internet at large.

Thanks for writing it and posting it.

thanks for taking the time to read not one, but two lengthy posts AND commenting.

your encouraging words are well-received :)

Via HN, I became a fan of Derek Sivers and so I listened to his interview recently on Software Engineering Daily. He described the common internet behavior of a person saying "I like X" and a bunch of people reacting with "You are wrong. I don't like X".

There's a big space for empathy in programming. And on Hacker News. And elsewhere. It's probably a project that can keep one busy for as long as they choose to write about it.

Ah, yes Derek Sivers is a wonderful inspiration. I'll have to listen to that interview you're referring to. Thanks so much for sharing.

This guy seems to have fully embraced the "Haters gonna hate" mentality that he advised against in the last article.

Amazing what happens to some peoples' minds when they get hit with a little criticism.

The "supportive comment" is just a 2-sentence opinion telling him exactly what he wants to be told.

I would urge people to take any advice from this person with a healthy dose of salt.

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