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Re:The answer to “Will you mentor me?” is no (2010) by coldtea on Monday August 19, 2019 @03:12AM (#20735579)
>I don't deny that it's good advice, but who is this guy and why should I listen to him?

Shouldn't you listen to it because it's good advice, regardless of who the guy is?

And isn't it a Google search away from knowing everything about the person?

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Re:The answer to “Will you mentor me?” is no (2010) by SenHeng on Monday August 19, 2019 @03:18AM (#20735615)
I'm not dismissing his advice, I'm curious about the cultural context of why his advice is important.

It's like leaving comments in code. I know what the code does, but I don't know why you did it this particular way. Google tells me he's a famous/important person, it rarely doesn't explain why he's more famous/important than other famous/important people.

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