Re:Show HN: I'm 17 and built a startup to find or sell parki...
by sabbaticaldev on Monday September 02, 2024 @04:28AM
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> I would also like to make a note about haters and mentioning your age on HN
it is not hate. HN hates growth hack and over-professional work and long replies in threads screams “I am not a teenager but i’m pretending to”
I would also like to make a note about haters and mentioning your age on HN. Unfortunately, sharing your early teenage success/skills automatically makes you a verbal target of some really, really nasty people. They are small, insecure people, who falsely parade as "constructive critics", doing anything to elevate themselves relative to you, which means being full of hate and trying to tear you down. I had a personal experience with this from an HN post I did a few years ago [0], and I remember it affecting my emotional state in a negative way. I think it's really cool that you're building things, so I hope I can encourage you with this. It's very important that you avoid things that hinder your personal development.
Stay strong, and I look forward to installing/using your app when the android build is released.
Happy Coding!
-Owen
[0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32589714