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by jamespollack 2245 days ago
What are you on about?

Here's the post I replied to below, it said nothing about self-respect. You're the one who brought that up and still haven't explained how compensation factors into your "best work" / "self-respect" chain. Please, do share.

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> Congratulations, you are now 3-10x developer. Congratulations. You are still getting paid the same.

Boosts in productivity need to come with boosts in pay, otherwise the logical thing to do is to scale back your effort to a point where the amount you get done matches the amount you get paid for.

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To which I said, "exactly! if you're taking home the same salary whether you're creating massive value for the company, why bother?"

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So, if someone generates 10x more value than the person next to them, you think they should both be paid the same (while the company reaps the immense profits) and that nobody should complain about the situation because of their "self-respect"? Wild.
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dang 2244 days ago
I was replying to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23034090, which was a comment by someone else.

On HN, please omit rude swipes like "What are you on about?", "Please, do share," and "So if someone X, you think they should Y, and nobody should complain because 'Z'? Wild." Even if you're talking to a mod, you still need to follow the rules. I also need to, and you and anyone else are welcome to point it out when I slip.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

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jamespollack 2244 days ago
that's not what happened. if you click the link you included, your "self-respect?" comment isn't on that thread at all. because it was a reply to my comment. you're intentionally misrepresenting what happened.

let me point out how you "slipped" and took a "rude swipe" - you don't play by your own rules.

i made a post, you replied to me just saying "self-respect?" implying that i had none.

how can you just drop insulting comments like that on people who are just participating in conversation? two words, no explanation, just plain rude.

Isn't your "self-respect?" comment in bad-faith, given your own rules?

"Please don't post shallow dismissals, especially of other people's work. A good critical comment teaches us something."

"Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize. Assume good faith."

"Be kind. Don't be snarky. Have curious conversation; don't cross-examine. Comments should get more thoughtful and substantive, not less, as a topic gets more divisive."

From the New Yorker profile of you:

"They treat their community like an encounter group or Esalen workshop; often, they correspond with individual Hacker News readers over e-mail, coaching and encouraging them in long, heartfelt exchanges."

Is that just BS? What was encouraging or heartfelt about your response to me?

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