How to Get Noticed

Question

With so much noise and toxic attitudes rampant at each turn, how or where do I, find people that are actually living on earth? This is a legit inquiry. The ability, of the majority of people with whom I chat with over IRC, to be snarky, rude and straight up mean is hands down the worst ever. Where are the human developers?

PaulHoule · Accepted Answer

I think forums are better. Tryhttps://coderanch.com/I'll also add the question of what exactly your motives are, who you want to be noticed by, what you want to be noticed for, etc. Blogging or LinkedIn or some other venue might be what you really want.

comprev · Answer

Turn off your computer and meet people in the real world. This isn't a snarky comment, it's a serious suggestion.

sysadm1n · Answer

> whom I chat with over IRCWhat, IRC is still used in 2023? There is a panoply of other discussion forums to shill your talent/products/services.

houseatrielah · Answer

Its not clear if you want programming help, to be hired, or people to notice your product. People are more polite IRL, you could go to a tech meetup.

infamouscow · Answer

Discord communities are similar to IRC, but with less jerks and more features to make human interaction more human.

rpastuszak · Answer

I've been doing this for the past 3 years or so:
https://sonnet.io/posts/hi
TL;DR Everyone can book a call with me to talk about their ideas, hang out, pair program or just rant.
Details:
I've had 130-50 calls so far, met a tonne of fascinating and kind people. None of the people I've met in this manner were mean or snarky -- on the contrary, it's just a bunch of beautiful weirdos.
Sometimes I get people asking me for advice, needing help with a technical (or product-related) problem. Sometimes we pair. Sometimes people call me to rant, and that's fine too!
The range of people is relatively broad, here's a semi-random sample: a homeless software engineer who built a famous site I used 15 years ago, some students, some founders, one or two FAANG engineering managers, a writer, some musicians, photographers.
I can only recommend keeping a slot in your calendar open for this kind of interactions. The depth of connection/quality of discussions is just so, so much better than HN/social media!
If you'd like to learn more about this, let me know! I'm trying to write an article about this, and could use a kick in the butt to stop procrastinating :)

hardkorebob · Answer

I greatly appreciate everyones time. I do hope yall see my replies.

VoodooJuJu · Answer

Touch grass. Internet people aren't real. Get off the internet for a while.