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sequoia on Jan 30, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: Monoliths Are the Future

If you think telling colleagues not to "simply go and poke your reporting fingers into" things won't insult them or put them on a defensive footing, I encourage you to try it and closely note the reception you receive. In my experience, people do not appreciate being spoken to like that.

p1necone on Jan 30, 2020 [–]

They didn't tell their colleagues to do that, they made a slightly humorous comment on a hacker news thread.

sequoia on Jan 31, 2020 | [–]

We’re colleagues by virtue of the fact that we’re members of the same profession.

Anyway, what’s the reason not to treat people on hackernews with the same respect you’d treat a coworker with?

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