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pjg1··on Thanks HN for 15 years of support and helping me find my life's work
> 2. Thrilled to be able to introduce someone to something new. She might follow that question up with "oh come on over here, let me show you! This will change your life." and proceed to try to teach terminal stuff. Isn't this the best sort of teacher, someone who is infectiously passionate about something?

I wouldn't expect an infectiously passionate person to start their sentence with "wait you don't know this" and instead say "let me show you!" immediately.

This rule helps me differentiate between people who are genuinely trying to help v/s those who's primary motive is to show off and then maybe help.

pjg1··on Thanks HN for 15 years of support and helping me find my life's work
The Recurse website has a page that describes the remote experience - https://www.recurse.com/virtual-rc

I've also attended RC remotely, so happy to answer any specific questions

pjg1··on Thanks HN for 15 years of support and helping me find my life's work
I've been part of RC community entirely remotely for a few years, and have no intentions of going to the hub yet. Being at the hub might be a better overall experience, but a remote batch alone was life-changing for me, so the mindset and principles can be very much felt and experienced online too. It takes more effort, but it is possible.