Advice Article Critique

Commenters debate the value, originality, and practicality of advice in a specific blog article or post, praising it as insightful or dismissing it as clichéd and generic.

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AriaMinaei Oct 17, 2018 View on HN

Eloquently put! Can you recommend books/articles that'd go along with this advice?

omneity May 5, 2025 View on HN

Despite the tone this is excellent advice! I had similar impressions reading the article and was wondering if I missed something.

marcusgarvey Dec 5, 2015 View on HN

There's some good advice here beyond the clickbaity title.

jonifico Sep 23, 2014 View on HN

Found them a bit cliché, apart from not really giving any real advice I did't already know. Thanks for sharing, though.

plorkyeran Nov 10, 2021 View on HN

This seems like one of those articles which says more about the author than they intended. It's probably good advice for some people, but I can't say that I identify with it at all.

SethTro Sep 11, 2019 View on HN

Lots of seemingly unfiltered advice. Glad it was written up, not sure what larger lessons I should take away.

Splines Dec 10, 2009 View on HN

Care to elaborate? His guidance seems to be reasonable and consistent - while it should be taken with a grain of salt (some of it feels anecdotal rather than factual), I don't find it unhelpful, as you posit.

maps7 Apr 5, 2020 View on HN

OP, I am assuming you're the author of the article. I think it could be improved by relating it to an experience when the advice given wasn't followed. At the moment I am struggling to gain anything from it.

4monthsaway Nov 23, 2021 View on HN

I like this article, nice to see this type of advice without all the usual fluff

pygy_ May 19, 2011 View on HN

The article focuses on the motivations behind these advices and how to apply them in practice. A big part of thevalue of the article comes from this and your bullet list fails to account for that.