[MichaelRo]

I'm baffled by the ongoing lack of common sense these "making a breakthrough with my side projects" threads keep showing on Hacker News. Most of the times it's also some junior barely out of some dubious college, hardly presenting any work experience and certainly not the "FANNG" type.

Literally, this is Big Bang's Theory Penny trying to "make it" into big-star actress with no education and while working a waitressing job.

It would be amusing if it wouldn't be sad. And it's sad coze any attempt (like this one) of talking some sense into the wanna be superstar with little education, experience and effort (although they think working these side projects is effort, it doesn't compare with hard work in a demanding job) ... any such effort is met with furious downvoting from the seemingly smarter than average HN crowd. Only it seems there's plenty of Pennys out there and cancel culture works best for them.