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by Jugurtha 1689 days ago
Not one in particular, but I look closely at comments from disgruntled employees or what people hate in a workplace and then I make a mental note not to do that.

Coupled with common sense and basic human decency, it still has been an education.

HN also allowed me to be informed early on about COVID-19 and take the necessary measures. I cancelled my flight to Paris in February 2020 after being there in January and computing the risk borders would shut down. They shut down for more than a year and a half, and I have spent that time with my dying mother until the last moment. I would have missed the last year with her if I had taken that trip, and an important factor I did not take it was all the good people here covering the subject and attracting my attention to its evolution internationally. I am yet to pay that debt.

The comments here also drew my attention to how other sectors were suffering, and I made inquiries and talked with many people here in different sectors. It resulted in giving away about 90% of my income to different people as I was fortunate enough to work remotely and they were not. To go back full circle: it solidified the point of how important it was to have the means to do good, which is why I'd like to become confortable enough to help more people (thus, startups).