[anonmeow]

To use the YC/dev culture to your advantage you have to play your cards in a smart way. Make yourself a name (make a cool html5 website promoting yourself as a professional). Make trendy silly things in javascript, post 'em to github, to show HN. Get upvoted. Comment, gather karma. Don't show your depressive attitude to people, it turns them off (because it reminds them about their privilege of being born into a wealthy country).

Basically read this guy http://www.kalzumeus.com/2011/10/28/dont-call-yourself-a-pro... and follow the clique.

You can make it if you try hard enough.

[oscollate]

sorry HN blocked my account for submitting fast. they remove the blockage now.

you're right but i can't pretend to be someone im not. im not a rockstar dev you know there are lot of them.

yes i'm looking depressed now but im a burning fire in me work hard and joy. trying to find a place to work with good people and good purpose

[slater]

Chip on your shoulder, much?

[anonmeow]

Looks like I hit a nerve here, haven't I?

Note that my advice is rational and completely unironic. It is rational to follow the clique if you want to succeed in tech.

I act like that too.

[slater]

> Looks like I hit a nerve here, haven't I?

Not really. Your posts in this discussion just seem unnecessarily... angry?