Garann Means is a web developer who writes about JavaScript, blogging about code, meritocracy, and how people enter the tech industry.
HN commenters link her posts on meritocracy being a myth and on blogging about code without worrying about critics.
Hey, you did a thing and told people [0]! Good for you. Is it perfect? No idea, but from reading the comments here a lot of people don't think so. Who cares though [1]! You're so far ahead of so many people because you actually did something.
Next time maybe all your GETs will be RESTful, maybe not. Either way, you've done a thing, put it out there, and are presumably learning a lot by doing so.
Great work.
[0] http://carl.flax.ie/dothingstellpeople.html
[1] http://www.garann.com/dev/2013/how-to-blog-about-code-and-give-zero-fucks/
"The word meritocracy comes from a political satire. It was never meant to be something we should aspire to. It was the opposite, actually, a warning about how we rationalize what we believe we’ve 'earned'. If that sentence doesn’t seem to you applicable to the tech industry and our cyclical discussions about sexism, racism, and even occasionally classism, go get yourself another cup of coffee."
from http://www.garann.com/dev/2012/you-keep-using-that-word/
I'd point you to a few well written articles that address this line of thinking pretty well:
* http://www.ashedryden.com/blog/the-ethics-of-unpaid-labor-and-the-oss-community
* https://blog.jcoglan.com/2013/11/15/why-github-is-not-your-cv/
* http://www.garann.com/dev/2012/you-keep-using-that-word/
1. Meritocracy is a myth. This is probably worth a read. http://www.garann.com/dev/2012/you-keep-using-that-word/
2. Everyone is entitled to their own opinions. That does not mean they are free from consequences when they share that opinion publicly.
Yeah well, and here we're looking at an article claiming "it's illegal to work hard in the EU", which wasn't even wrote by a random drunk and is just as bad.
Also: http://www.garann.com/dev/2012/what-the-fuck-is-an-entrepreneur/
I think HN needs to read Garann Mean's kickass blog post on "meritocracy" again:
http://www.garann.com/dev/2012/you-keep-using-that-word/