> That now makes you 10x better than most nerds on HN in understanding and handling people

At the risk of making your point for you, as one of the "nerds on HN" I would just like to tell you to take your sweeping statements and fuck off. Or have you forgotten you're a member of this site as well, nerd.

The core of your rebuttal was sound, but both you and GP were pretty rude.

Does being Irish/Scot earn me a little leeway? That is probably the minimum amount of swearing I'm allowed per sentence.

Hah, I think if you put /scot at the end of your sentence, I wouldn't have thought twice.

The internet and tone... :)

Hey bootload, you are right. I AM more than my job. I just like to throw that in there once in a while. The mistake is people reading and taking this literally, as if I can't do anything else or my numerous life experiences don't amount to anything when starting a Startup.

>G'day, Mohamed don't make the mistake of defining yourself by your job.

Why not? A jail guard sounds very, very badass.

I'd think twice before denying his pull request. He'd crush me like a tin can!

This made me giggle like a little girl though.

~"Don't make the mistake of defining yourself by your job, just know that your job makes you better than these other people with a different job"

> ~"Don't make the mistake of defining yourself by your job, just know that your job makes you better

>> in understanding and handling people

> than these other people with a different job"

you can't ignore the middle, as that is the defining part of his sentence. every sentence is hypocrisy if you remove important parts

> ~"You can't ignore the middle, every sentence is hypocrisy."

Don't define yourself by your job, but recognize the unique skills it gave you and use them to your advantage.

Yes!

This is related with English language itself (and most languages as far as I know). For example if you say that in Italian doesn't make sense:

Io sono architetto. // I am an architect

You must say:

Io faccio l'architetto. // I make the architect (job)

Disclaimer: I'm not a linguist neither an Italian native. More accurate comments are welcome.

You are wrong. Both "sono architetto" and "sono un architetto" are valid italian and actually very common. Also the verb closest to fare is to do not to make. Source: I'm italian.

Y'all are philosophising too much about the copula (a rather common philosopher's pasttime).