Edit: Can anyone please answer this: Do people not like RC, so they don't appreciate my comments on the possibility of the author self-sababoging? (I'm not a programmer, and today is the first I've heard of RC.)
> This all felt quite abrupt and hostile, and I’m still not sure what to make of it.
That’s not an unreasonable feeling to have, and I also don’t think such a statement is in and of itself offensive to RC, especially recognizing the guy quit his job in a pandemic to do this thing, and was kicked out for missing an intro meeting.
> especially recognizing the guy quit his job in a pandemic to do this thing, and was kicked out for missing an intro meeting.
Exactly, that's why I would post anything that could remotely be considered a criticism.
This sounds like a message you would say directly, not a public blog post. It sounds like Erik was kicked out before he could further communicate directly.
>Exactly, that's why I would post anything that could remotely be considered a criticism.
I don't think the he views RC as much of a career aid, more of something fun to help him improve as a programmer. Thus I don't think he sees it as important to attend in order to get a future job.
I don't know how your personal money situation is, but if I'd quit my job expecting to take a 2 month break and then suddenly being told "actually it's 4 months" now I'd be pretty angry. My budgets would be completely out of whack. Do I need to contract for 2 months? Find a very short job? What are the tax implications? How do I explain the suddenly much bigger gap on my resume?
How is the job market for programmers right now?
By chance, did you read the article?
Please don't do that. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
That public negative feedback could be bad is quite obvious - at the same time "don't tell the public about problems and maybe get them to change policies, be quiet and take it" is not a popular position to advocate for.
RC is generally quite well-regarded, so this is especially disappointing.