I've been on here for 13 years. It's been one of the most valuable websites for my life, if not the single most valuable. I've learned immeasurable amounts of information about things far and wide. The content and discussions here have made me a significantly better engineer than I could have been otherwise. I've been hired into career-changing roles and hired several amazing engineers from the monthly "Who's Hiring" posts.

I even wrote an open thank you letter to HN a little while ago, lol: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36163500