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| ▲ | BeetleB 2 days ago | parent | next [-] |
| At my previous job at a well known, established large tech company - I didn't find anyone who had heard of HN. Not about people using HN. But even being aware the site exists. |
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| ▲ | longislandguido 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| I'm reminded of that episode of Portlandia where the mayor was obsessed with thinking the city was bigger and more important than it actually is. |
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| ▲ | ahhhhnoooo 2 days ago | parent | next [-] | | I don't think I overstated it. Tech workers is a small piece of the global population. | |
| ▲ | Der_Einzige 2 days ago | parent | prev [-] | | Portland OR has a higher GDP than Vancouver BC. | | |
| ▲ | longislandguido 2 days ago | parent [-] | | Sadly, Portland is a backwater logging outpost and no one outside the PNW gives a shit about Portland or could place it on a map. I'm sorry, it's true. | | |
| ▲ | ahhhhnoooo 2 days ago | parent [-] | | That's how I feel about Dallas, Pittsburgh, Tallahassee, etc. I think we're all just not as familiar with regions outside our own. |
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| ▲ | rustystump 2 days ago | parent | prev [-] |
| I had no idea what hn was until about 2 years ago. This would be 8 years into a career in tech… there are dozens of us. |
