Please don't sneer, including at the rest of the community.
Re:We raised a bunch of money
by AndrewKemendo on Wednesday June 28, 2023 @12:34PM
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Fair.
I stand by my point though that the culture has significantly changed since 2012 - you of all people know that.
Just go back and look a decade ago at when people would post “hey we raise all this money” posts.
A full half of the comments would be like “nobody cares that you raise money are you actually doing something important?” or similar.
Tbh I think it was a healthier perspective, and we need to bring more “hacker” back.
I joined in '09 and I think I've changed pretty substantially, so the idea that this or any website would lock-in to a particular viewpoint isn't realistic IMO.
And you're being awfully reasonable now, once we've gotten past the bombastic opening claim. I think part of what makes HN great is that at least sometimes we can skip that opening wild claim.
I think this is just due to the maturation of the community; it has grown and diversified, so enthusiast hackers represent a smaller proportion of it. The same dynamic is at play in the tech community at large.
But that's a fundamentally different view than "All VC funding is bad"; there are tons of risks involved and many actors aren't good in every industry, why specifically does venture capital draw your ire?
Go back to when I joined HN in 2012, and one of the most constant things you would hear over and over is exactly the stuff I’m saying now - namely MBAs and “start up” founders generally aren’t your friends.
The top advice in 2014 on HN: Unless you’re an early founder, you’re going to get screwed over no matter what in the start up until you’re better off working at a big company.