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Kind of killed it for me. Now I am not sure whether I should trust the results.
In his defence though, to be fair, this article says:
1) What the problem was.
2) What he did.
3) What he found out.
4) What actions he took as a result that lead to the improvement.
That's a lot more than you get from other conversion experts I've seen (usually the write ups I see stop at (2) or (3) and you're left with the pay-for-more-info).
Seeing exactly what actions were taken for each of the things they found makes me err on the side of, yeah, this was a cool post, not just a sales plug.
It's really good to see this sort of stuff turning up on HN.
I was in fact trying to go after the ball not the man.
I have no doubt kareemm is a fantastic at his job. I have simply seen to many cases where a case study is used to create sales. Again nothing wrong with that. It just kind of makes me sceptic when I see fantastic results combined with a a sales message.
Thats just me.
I routinely distrust the gushing claims by paid TV advertising actors about how the Magic Bullet changed their entire life. That hardly implies I think the product is trash, but the alleged results are obviously designed sucker less discerning consumers.
And the general answer your question is yes, as far as I'm aware, employers routinely seek references to back up the claims made by potential hires.
I'd say the best way to see if a cohort analysis can help you is to try it for yourself.
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I am sorry cause I can't answer this without sounding like a naysayer and I normally hate that.
It's just when you have been around on the net as many of us have for so long you just realize that normally if something is too good to be true it probably is.
For the record. I think there is nothing wrong with you trying to get work that way I don't find it wrong or anything.
I just went from wow to oh he wants to sell me something.
Occupational hazard I guess :)
Plus the guy blogs pretty regularly. My personal sense is that someone who writes an article sharing his process and results for free deserves the benefit of the doubt — and at least a few clicks around their website to check it out — before posting in a way that suggests that his integrity may be suspect.
I never questioned his integrity. In fact I think I went to great length to say that it was not him but that post.
When you say something like, "Now I am not sure whether I should trust the results"... I think you're implicitly questioning the author's honesty.
Same goes for this: "It's just when you have been around on the net as many of us have for so long you just realize that normally if something is too good to be true it probably is."
Anyway, don't mean to debate you on any of this. You had asked where you were wrong, so I just thought I'd share how your comments came across to this outside observer.
That has nothing to do with the integrity or honesty of the person, which I have repeatedly praised.
It's the difference between saying "you are X" and saying "what you said is X"
Yeah, technology isn't really revolutionising things that much. I mean, someone told me you could send a electronic letter around the world, instantly and FOR FREE! There's gotta be a catch. That's too good to be true.
And someone else told me that there's a phone company that does FREE online voice and video phone service all over the world. No way is that possible.
And then someone else told me about an online encyclopaedia that has waaaay more than my Encyclopaedia Britannica, but I don't believe them because they said it was free aswell. Can't happen.
(To quote Bill Gates) Who can afford to do professional work for nothing? What hobbyist can put 3-man years into programming, finding all bugs, documenting his product and distribute for free?
The internet is changing things.
I reacted to a post that made great claims and then ended up with trying to sell me something.
The internet is changing things, but humans are often the same.
That "free" email you talk about? It runs ads. That free online phone call? You're paying more than you should be for another product, so that they can give you this one for "free". That free encyclopedia? The "please donate" ads are ads!
So yeah, there's almost always a catch, but we either don't realize it's there (because it's indirect) or it's subtle enough to not bother us.
>> That free encyclopedia? The "please donate" ads are ads! Donating is not mandatory. So it is free. It doesn't waste my time nor my privacy.