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Garann Means
garann.com · Personal blog · on HN since 2011
Garann Means is a web developer who writes about JavaScript, blogging about code, meritocracy, and how people enter the tech industry.
What HN saysHN commenters link her posts on meritocracy being a myth and on blogging about code without worrying about critics.
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Most-shared posts
- 1How to blog about code and give zero f*cks7 people · 25 points · first shared 2013 · 5 comments on HN
- 2You keep using that word "meritocracy"5 people · 49 points · first shared 2012 · 96 comments on HN
- 3What the fuck is an entrepreneur2 people · 8 points · first shared 2012 · discussion on HN
- 4Authority and Paying Your Dues2 people · 3 points · first shared 2012 · 2 comments on HN
- 5Where do junior developers come from?2 people · 3 points · first shared 2015 · 1 comments on HN
- 6The $150k Solution1 people · 137 points · first shared 2011 · 102 comments on HN
- 7“Two and a half years ago I quit my last tech job.” (2016)1 people · 20 points · first shared 2017 · 1 comments on HN
- 8No country for old hackers1 people · 3 points · first shared 2011 · discussion on HN
- 9Javascript hotline1 people · 3 points · first shared 2012 · discussion on HN
- 10A theory on tech community drama1 people · 2 points · first shared 2013 · discussion on HN
- 11"girl" power versus "woman" power1 people · 2 points · first shared 2011 · discussion on HN
- 12Hostess and Britruby1 people · 2 points · first shared 2012 · discussion on HN
- 13A retirement fund for your JavaScript1 people · 2 points · first shared 2012 · discussion on HN
- 14An event for women devs at SXSW1 people · 1 points · first shared 2012 · discussion on HN
- 15Join The Internet, See The World1 people · 1 points · first shared 2012 · discussion on HN
What HN people wrote when they linked it
aarondf · 2015-05-11
Hey, you did a thing and told people [0]! Good for you. Is it perfect? No idea, but from reading the comments here a lot of people don't think so. Who cares though [1]! You're so far ahead of so many people because you actually did something.
Next time maybe all your GETs will be RESTful, maybe not. Either way, you've done a thing, put it out there, and are presumably learning a lot by doing so.
Great work.
[0] http://carl.flax.ie/dothingstellpeople.html
[1] http://www.garann.com/dev/2013/how-to-blog-about-code-and-give-zero-fu…
juridatenshi · 2013-09-10
1. Meritocracy is a myth. This is probably worth a read. http://www.garann.com/dev/2012/you-keep-using-that-word/
2. Everyone is entitled to their own opinions. That does not mean they are free from consequences when they share that opinion publicly.
owenmarshall · 2014-11-06
I'd point you to a few well written articles that address this line of thinking pretty well:
* http://www.ashedryden.com/blog/the-ethics-of-unpaid-labor-and-the-oss-…
* https://blog.jcoglan.com/2013/11/15/why-github-is-not-your-cv/
* http://www.garann.com/dev/2012/you-keep-using-that-word/
techpeace · 2014-09-25
"The word meritocracy comes from a political satire. It was never meant to be something we should aspire to. It was the opposite, actually, a warning about how we rationalize what we believe we’ve 'earned'. If that sentence doesn’t seem to you applicable to the tech industry and our cyclical discussions about sexism, racism, and even occasionally classism, go get yourself another cup of coffee."
from http://www.garann.com/dev/2012/you-keep-using-that-word/
zackboe · 2014-01-21
"how to blog about code and give zero fucks" by Garann Means
http://www.garann.com/dev/2013/how-to-blog-about-code-and-give-zero-fu…
neumann_alfred · 2012-12-26
Yeah well, and here we're looking at an article claiming "it's illegal to work hard in the EU", which wasn't even wrote by a random drunk and is just as bad.
Also: http://www.garann.com/dev/2012/what-the-fuck-is-an-entrepreneur/
ahelwer · 2012-11-18
I think HN needs to read Garann Mean's kickass blog post on "meritocracy" again:
http://www.garann.com/dev/2012/you-keep-using-that-word/