What's the list for Hacker News?
- Someone will think of some shitty startup that has no added value to anyone.
- Someone will claim that technology xyz is the perfect solution to all of the web's problems
- Someone will give some wise ass advise stated in the form of 10 things I ... from ...
- Someone will discuss why he would or would not work at some big company.
- Someone will pretend to care about some minority, meanwhile insulting them and everybody else.But we have our emotional triggers. I think they are more about our collective fears of missing out on things, or anything that flatters or threatens our identity as smart people.
* New language/practice enabled me to do Y faster/easier
* New technology X will change the Y industry
* Trend X will make you obsolete
* Stupid startup X was bought/funded for $Y dollars
* You might not be as smart as you think you are!! ZOMG OH NO. (and here's the corrective action to take)
* Programmers are great because...
* Programmers are terrible because...
- Why everybody should learn to code
- Why everybody should not learn to code