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Maybe you're confused as to what Abe Epton actually does at the Chicago Tribune.

Although I don't know him, I am familiar with the News Apps team at the Chicago Tribune. Call it Data Journalism, news room development or whatever, but in almost all cases, people who work on news apps teams are developers, not (just) journalists.

So, if you're willing to accept TechCrunch op-eds from startup founders about the topics of their startups (and Hacker News certainly seems to), I am bewildered as to why you would have a problem with a developer comparing his current and former employment situations, and explaining why he prefers his current employer.