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Re:Ask HN: How can a unhireable person get a job? by georgeecollins on Thursday April 15, 2021 @08:25PM (#26827856)
I agree but I would cut the OP some slack on the writing for a forum post. I know I have dashed off things here that could use some proof reading. But the gist of what you are saying makes sense to me.

Going back to college seems like a good idea as a general direction.

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Re:Ask HN: How can a unhireable person get a job? by sombremesa on Thursday April 15, 2021 @08:39PM (#26827962)
The GP has put a "your" instead of "you're" in (almost) the very next sentence, so you don't even need to point to your own mistakes to illustrate your point...
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Re:Ask HN: How can a unhireable person get a job? by komaromy on Thursday April 15, 2021 @08:48PM (#26828018)
> The GP has put a "your" instead of "you're" in (almost) the very next sentence

Correctly so

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Re:Ask HN: How can a unhireable person get a job? by lolinder on Thursday April 15, 2021 @09:50PM (#26828450)
That was my initial reaction, but the "your" is actually correct there:

> Your applying to those companies with 0 experience or college degree is unrealistic.

The clause "applying to..." is possessed by "your".

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Re:Ask HN: How can a unhireable person get a job? by jiofih on Thursday April 15, 2021 @10:52PM (#26828851)
Or, more directly, “your applying [...] is unrealistic”.
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Re:Ask HN: How can a unhireable person get a job? by j10c on Friday April 16, 2021 @04:50AM (#26831314)
Agree, both "you're" and "your" are correct with different perspectives.
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Re:Ask HN: How can a unhireable person get a job? by blackshaw on Friday April 16, 2021 @05:37AM (#26831679)
Nope, only "your" is correct in this case. "You're" would require a slight rewording, something like:

> You're applying to those companies with 0 experience or college degree, which is unrealistic.

</pedantry>

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Re:Ask HN: How can a unhireable person get a job? by bawolff on Thursday April 15, 2021 @08:56PM (#26828068)
I think GP might be a bit hard on writing style. I know plenty of succesful software engineers with poor writing abilities, and realistically my own are far from great. However your vs you're is the type of grammar mistake that really does not matter. Nobody is going to be confused by it. Writing structure is much more important.

Edit: also looking back, GP used your correctly, so wut?

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