Re:HN: 33K visitors = 32,500 random tire kickers. But it als...
by unalone on Thursday March 12, 2009 @10:56AM
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Here, here.
I'm not an extremely avid programmer. I code, but my interests lie more in design. As such, I find that when we get into deeper, more technical moments - absolutely yesterday, with Erlang - I find that I've got nothing to contribute. On the other hand, when the conversation stays more social - not meaning off-topic, but rather focused on interesting unrelated subjects, with discussions about design and site launching and site events - I'm able to contribute more.
On the other side of the coin are people who are more interested in programming and less interested in that stuff, and the best part of the community is that both types of people have a place to talk to one another.
I'm not an extremely avid programmer. I code, but my interests lie more in design. As such, I find that when we get into deeper, more technical moments - absolutely yesterday, with Erlang - I find that I've got nothing to contribute. On the other hand, when the conversation stays more social - not meaning off-topic, but rather focused on interesting unrelated subjects, with discussions about design and site launching and site events - I'm able to contribute more.
On the other side of the coin are people who are more interested in programming and less interested in that stuff, and the best part of the community is that both types of people have a place to talk to one another.