[blindriver]

The idea that another multi-millionaire tech worker would think that leaving their job is something people would be interested in is… strange. He’s letting the world know that in the second worst tech downturn in history, he’s going to retire and pursue comedy writing. Feels more appropriate for a Facebook post to this friends rather than a medium post.

[furyofantares]

It's actually fine for someone to post something you don't personally want to read.

[jacurtis]

He posted it on Medium, not the front page of the New York Times.

People follow him on Medium, presumably because they want to follow his thoughts and are interested in what he has to say.

So for him to post to a platform of followers, explaining the most major life change of his life and announcing that he effectively won't be as involved in the Android community anymore all seems pretty reasonable.

If someone has a gun to your head forcing you to read it against your will than I suggest dialing 911. For the rest of us, there is nothing forcing us from reading it. So if its not of interest we just move on.

[herrkanin]

Weirdly gatekeepy. Why shouldn't he be allowed to update his followers on his life?

[pyb]

I'm not sure why it did, but it's not his fault that this has made the top spot on HN.

[flurdy]

> that leaving their job is something people would be interested in is… strange.

Making it to the top of HN contradicts this

[sowbug]

You might be interested in an excellent keyboard shortcut: control-W. (Or command-W on a Mac.)

[lawgimenez]

I’m more interested on why he is posting it on medium when he has a blog.

[agmater]

I really like how Medium lets you know how "distraction free" their reading experience is (using huge popunders, privacy notices, sticky headers).

[ghaff]

I'm not sure why anyone would use Medium at this point. It's not like there aren't free alternatives even if you don't want to self-host.

[sulam]

It's also strange that all those people in movies think we care about their current relationship status.

[poszlem]

To quote Gervais' bit:

On Twitter, people sometimes say, “Why don’t you keep your opinions to yourself?” I go, “You’re following me. I didn’t tweet at you.” That’s like going to a notice board in the middle of town, seeing a sign for guitar lessons, and yelling, “I DON’T WANT guitar lessons!” Well, it wasn’t for you.

Maybe hard to believe, but for a lot of people, it's way more interesting than hearing yet another self-proclaimed radical communist go on another rant about people making money.