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I DM'd a Korean Presidential Candidate and Ended Up Building His Core Campaign(medium.com)
53 points by wjsdj2009 2 hours ago | 23 comments
deaux 41 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

Does the guy still admire DOGE, and still insist on speaking only in English to born and raised Koreans who happen to be white?

Very weird, creepy guy. Doesn't pay his lawyers either.

wjsdj2009 33 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

I’m not familiar with the situation you’re referring to, but my experience was different.

From my side, the collaboration was positive and genuinely respectful.

Just wanted to share another perspective.

mananaysiempre 16 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

That isn’t necessarily “different”. Someone with truly horrifying opinions can be genuinely respectful and pleasant to work with, unless you fall into the wrong social group. (I know nothing about this guy’s opinions and don’t have much reason to care, either, I just feel the need to point out how people tend to overestimate the alignment between “nice people” and “people I agree with”. Much as they do the one between “nice people” and “people it’s worthwhile to listen to”, but that’s a story for another day.)

wjsdj2009 11 minutes ago | parent [-]

@mananaysiempre I completely agree with your point.

philipallstar 22 minutes ago | parent | prev [-]

By the sounds of it you're sharing the only perspective with any validity so far.

mothballed 19 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

The bigger the loon, the more impressive the successes of campaign professionals.

Loons are also useful stepping stones. Use them for career progression and then cast them aside, you could even claim they abused you or took advantage of you and that you're excited to help <X> next who actually cares about the people.

baiac 18 minutes ago | parent | prev [-]

Seems you have an issue with conservatism, but how is this related to the article?

skybrian 6 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Here is the politician’s Wikipedia page:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Jun-seok

cm2012 8 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Neat. I have volunteered for political campaigns in the US before, but didnt find it rewarding.

roetlich 16 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Interesting! The article talks mostly about how this all worked, but rarely about what was actually discussed. Which opinions of the party do you like or support?

wjsdj2009 5 minutes ago | parent [-]

Thanks for the question!

I’d prefer not to dive into policy positions here — the main focus of my post was the product-building process and what it was like to work behind the scenes.

rPlayer6554 14 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Thanks for sharing! Really admire your bravery and trying new things.

joncrane 37 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I thought this was a fascinating story. Also cool to see the technical details like AWS in there.

wjsdj2009 32 minutes ago | parent [-]

Thanks a lot! Glad you enjoyed it :)

jezzamon 21 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Enjoyed reading this! Nice job in throwing together something polished in such a short time

wjsdj2009 5 minutes ago | parent [-]

Thank you! It was chaotic but fun to build something real under that time pressure.

Glad you enjoyed the read!

b3lvedere an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Thas was quite fun to read.

Thank you for sharing this short time of your (development) life, including all the reasons and logic on why and how.

wjsdj2009 43 minutes ago | parent [-]

Thank you so much for reading it. I’m really glad you enjoyed it.

devsda 21 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Its an interesting read for sure.

With those little takeaways in between like talking to users first to understand their requirements, building an mvp and shipping it as early as possible I was half expecting the article ending with the kind of startup lessons/wisdom you typically see here on HN.

But I'm really glad it wasnt. Not everything has to have a grand lesson or takeaway. I enjoyed reading your once in a lifetime experience.

robertkoss 41 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

That was a great read!

wjsdj2009 32 minutes ago | parent [-]

Thanks a lot! Glad you enjoyed it!

tt_dev an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

Soon to be a Netflix series

wjsdj2009 44 minutes ago | parent [-]

I’m deeply honored. Thank you.