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Re:Ask HN: What is the biggest untapped opportunity for star... by some1else on Monday February 06, 2017 @04:44AM (#13577985)
Please don't call people Gurus. I've had at least three lousy experiences working with people who referred to themselves as Gurus. Some of them didn't even know the dictionary definition of the word. I feel I have dodged a number of bullets since then, by developing a healthy prejudice against self-titled Gurus.
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Re:Ask HN: What is the biggest untapped opportunity for star... by skrish on Monday February 06, 2017 @07:45AM (#13578921)
+1

And "visionaries". May be it's just me, but my defenses go up whenever I read a profile with visionary in it.

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Re:Ask HN: What is the biggest untapped opportunity for star... by projectramo on Monday February 06, 2017 @01:03PM (#13582148)
Thought leaders, ugh.
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Re:Ask HN: What is the biggest untapped opportunity for star... by CamperBob2 on Monday February 06, 2017 @06:31PM (#13585377)
What about rock stars?
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Re:Ask HN: What is the biggest untapped opportunity for star... by pdimitar on Monday February 06, 2017 @09:17PM (#13586391)
Ninjas!

I run away screaming when I see this in somebody's profile.

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Re:Ask HN: What is the biggest untapped opportunity for star... by projectramo on Tuesday February 07, 2017 @08:49AM (#13589272)
To be fair, that's because of the throwing stars, though. Everyone should be afraid of Ninjas.
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Re:Ask HN: What is the biggest untapped opportunity for star... by pdimitar on Tuesday February 07, 2017 @09:33AM (#13589574)
But that's just the thing -- most people referring to themselves as ninjas are designers aspiring to be devs, and they are usually cute chubby smiling guys who tend to stumble on their own feet. Hardly something to be afraid of!

<giggles>

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