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How does a non-technical single founder get "recognized as one of the smartest technical folks on HN"? Other than that, enlightening post.

• byrneseyeview 15y ago
  "When it came time to reapply, I did so with someone who was widely recognized as one of the smartest technical folks on HN."
  • OasisG 15y ago
    Oh duh, I read the "with" as "as". Thx.
    • gcheong 15y ago
      I did the same thing, then I read his comment on a previous post where he said the same thing and realized my mistake. I wonder if the prior paragraphs where he talks about building his online reputation may have inadvertently primed us to read the sentence that way?
      • Alex3917 15y ago
        "I wonder if the prior paragraphs where he talks about building his online reputation may have inadvertently primed us to read the sentence that way?" It's because I wrote this in a hurry so I didn't take as much time to polish the white spacing as I normally would, which makes it more difficult to read. The issue is that there are basically three or four separate ideas that are all chunkified together. I edited that sentence though to at least make it more clear.
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