Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit | chazzalpha's commentslogin

As someone who got a liberal arts degree and is now a self-taught designer-developer in tech, the degree isn't as important as the ability to know how to learn, think for yourself, and teach yourself, something that college greatly reinforces. That being said, after working with many developers with and without degrees, a lot of you need to read more books and learn how to write. If you can teach yourself how to code, you can teach yourself how to communicate effectively and understand symbolism.


I don't know how any Tesla investor can justify paying anyone $1 trillion when the products he makes keep falling apart.


Making cars is hard, just ask Ford...

>As of this story's publication, Thursday, September 4, 2025, Ford has issued 109 recalls that have covered 7,871,344 vehicles. Of course, quite a few of those cars are repeat offenders, but you get the point. It's staggering.

>Of those 109 recalls, 26 of them are re-recalls. That means they're recalls on recalls Ford has already carried out,

>Read More: https://www.jalopnik.com/1958179/all-ford-vehicle-recalls-20...


What is the PE for Ford v/s the PE for Tesla.


By definition the same people propping up the stock price even with a forward PE of ~200. Lots of wishful thinking.


This always reminds me of a fragment of lost tragic ancient Greek verse, quoted only in Aristotle's Art of Rhetoric:

Often, when the gods bring great prosperity as a gift for men

They do so not out of goodwill towards them

But so that their ruin may be more conspicuous.


Ooohh, this is cool. Would we see a Svelte option for projects?


Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: