I hired 5 people to sit behind me and make me productive for a month

Re:I hired 5 people to sit behind me and make me productive ... by da39a3ee on Saturday February 04, 2023 @03:31PM (#34657943)

I hope this is satire. If it is not, then the author is a disgusting narcissist with no understanding of people or of human dignity. It's very depressing that HN readers are genuinely responding with approval and encouragement.

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Re:I hired 5 people to sit behind me and make me productive ... by netsharc on Saturday February 04, 2023 @03:56PM (#34658201)

There's a lot of negative comments here too. Funnily enough (from the article):

> When I woke up, I put the finishing touches on a blog post I had started earlier in the week and published it. It hit the #1 spot on Hacker News; I couldn’t stop myself from constantly refreshing the post as it got more upvotes while chuckling at the classic Hacker News hate comments.

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Re:I hired 5 people to sit behind me and make me productive ... by danesparza on Saturday February 04, 2023 @03:56PM (#34658202)

I'm sorry it's depressing. I think that just makes you older and wiser (and probably indicates you have different blind spots in your life compared to these commenters)

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Re:I hired 5 people to sit behind me and make me productive ... by resource0x on Saturday February 04, 2023 @04:19PM (#34658402)

I looked into some other blog posts of the author - this is not satire. Something is seriously wrong with the guy. His parents have to convince him to seek medical attention.

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Re:I hired 5 people to sit behind me and make me productive ... by HDThoreaun on Saturday February 04, 2023 @04:53PM (#34658773)

Misguided sure, but disgusting? Nothing he did was disgusting. There's nothing undignified about being paid $20/hr to watch someone work, people do far worse for far less everyday.

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Re:I hired 5 people to sit behind me and make me productive ... by rogers12 on Saturday February 04, 2023 @06:34PM (#34659625)

I see a few comments responding with sputtering outrage. Could you explain why you experience such a reaction?

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Re:I hired 5 people to sit behind me and make me productive ... by barry-cotter on Saturday February 04, 2023 @08:24PM (#34660575)

He’s violating social scripts. That’s it. You’re not going to get any arguments without obvious counter examples that these people would let pass by without comment.

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