Urgent appeal to Paul Graham, etc.: Please help kickstart Common Lisp revolution

Re:Urgent appeal to Paul Graham, etc.: Please help kickstart... by Rochus on Sunday December 06, 2020 @12:18PM (#25324896)

A very bold claim considering https://cv.hexstream.expert/#education.

"Computer Programming at Collège de Bois-de-Boulogne (completed 4 terms out of 6) 2003 – 2005 (2 years) Montréal, Québec, Canada

Grade: Best of my class in programming

[...]

I introduced and explained the concept of an event loop to one of my computer science teachers.

I dropped out for personal reasons.", see also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coll%C3%A8ge_de_Bois-de-Boulog...

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Re:Urgent appeal to Paul Graham, etc.: Please help kickstart... by Hexstream on Sunday December 06, 2020 @12:47PM (#25325121)

Did you mean to present an argument of some sort?

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Re:Urgent appeal to Paul Graham, etc.: Please help kickstart... by Rochus on Sunday December 06, 2020 @12:58PM (#25325202)

Yes, that you should be better able to justify why you are the right person for the job; after all, it is you who is asking for money and questioning the competence of others. In any case, you are not able to convince me, and on the basis of the other comments one can assume that this also applies to others. It's not enough that you are very convinced of your own abilities.

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Re:Urgent appeal to Paul Graham, etc.: Please help kickstart... by Hexstream on Sunday December 06, 2020 @01:18PM (#25325336)

My CV and other writings and most especially my work itself pretty extensively justify that I'm the right person for the job. Of course, it's probably pretty hard to tell without significant Common Lisp expertise...

My CV: https://cv.hexstream.expert/

My work: https://www.hexstreamsoft.com/

Also, you should probably ask Paul Graham what he thinks of college dropouts...

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Re:Urgent appeal to Paul Graham, etc.: Please help kickstart... by Rochus on Sunday December 06, 2020 @01:25PM (#25325386)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Graham_(programmer)#Educa...

"Graham received a Bachelor of Arts in philosophy from Cornell University[7][8] (1986).[9] He then attended Harvard University, earning Master of Science (1988) and Doctor of Philosophy (1990) degrees in computer science.[7][10] He has also studied painting at the Rhode Island School of Design and at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Florence.[7][10]"

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Re:Urgent appeal to Paul Graham, etc.: Please help kickstart... by Hexstream on Sunday December 06, 2020 @02:08PM (#25325767)

I can't immediately find where in his essays he talked favorably about college dropouts, but there is this: https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1110248609545703425

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Re:Urgent appeal to Paul Graham, etc.: Please help kickstart... by Rochus on Sunday December 06, 2020 @02:17PM (#25325852)

It states: "Successful college dropouts are not rare in Silicon Valley. The current president of Y Combinator is one." This is merely an observation of his and says nothing about his personal attitude towards dropouts. But you have addressed him in your appeal, so take your chance.

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Re:Urgent appeal to Paul Graham, etc.: Please help kickstart... by Hexstream on Sunday December 06, 2020 @04:27PM (#25326822)

I am assuming he would not say that if he deeply hated college dropouts and did not want to acknowledge their success.

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