[skrebbel]

"This guy" openly and vulnerably writes about his struggles with something that it's not socially acceptable to be bad at. The fact that he's a minor celebrity in IT likely makes that harder to do, not easier. He posted the article to HN himself and is likely to read your comment. I think you're mostly right in your observations but maybe it'd be nice if you try to practice some of what you preach, wrt how you write it.

[dondawest]

I don’t think he writes or communicates in a vulnerable way at all.

“I could be interested in a variety of relationships with you” = not vulnerable, not a question, not direct, not clear.

Also I don’t respect this article so I don’t feel compelled to demonstrate respect — I’d rather practice what he preaches to demonstrate its fundamental rudeness than do any preaching of my own