Ask HN: Who are you?

Re:Ask HN: Who are you? by Femur on Thursday July 30, 2009 @03:20PM (#732873)

I create adventure. I leave slain dragons in my wake. I build monuments, plant flags, discover wonders, and lead armies.

I sing duets, dance tangos, and play concertos.

I cook banquets. I wheel, make deals, and strike bargains. I purchase fruit in large quantities. I partake and imbibe. I articulate, expound, and drive home the point. I maintain a strong moral fiber and act with integrity.

I forge trails and bushwhack through jungles. When I am not walking, I am running. I sail and drive and fly and ride and crawl.

I write encyclopaedias. I learn, study, forecast, ponder, and calculate. I know the answer.

I am nice, warm, strong, creative, solid, confident, funny, intelligent, and a little crazy.

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Re:Ask HN: Who are you? by bgnm2000 on Thursday July 30, 2009 @03:24PM (#732883)

wow superman, I didn't know you were on here!

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Re:Ask HN: Who are you? by Ardit20 on Thursday July 30, 2009 @07:42PM (#733360)

or a deluded hippy

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Re:Ask HN: Who are you? by jncraton on Thursday July 30, 2009 @02:44PM (#732794)

I am a student who is 1 year away from a BS in computer engineering. I'm also working on a startup.

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Re:Ask HN: Who are you? by Cows on Thursday July 30, 2009 @01:50PM (#732671)

Ex-college kid. Working at Walmart ISD now for the time being.

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Re:Ask HN: Who are you? by Saavedro on Friday July 31, 2009 @03:11PM (#735133)

Same, minus the ex- part. I live in an apartment with Cows and wish I had enough motivation and free time after my workweek (and school during the fall and spring) to throw together some android apps or some of my startup ideas. In my spare time I geek out about typography, music, and compilers.. or just sleep in.

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Re:Ask HN: Who are you? by rawr on Thursday July 30, 2009 @02:36PM (#732775)

Go back. You'll make the debt up.

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Re:Ask HN: Who are you? by RobGR on Thursday July 30, 2009 @10:03PM (#733592)

I think at one time that was safe advice to anyone talking about college, but I think now, unless you know the amount of debt involved and other details, you can't just glibly toss that off. There are many people and situations where going to college or staying in college is not the best idea.

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Re:Ask HN: Who are you? by Cows on Thursday July 30, 2009 @03:06PM (#732849)

Going to a technical school instead. I can afford it in the long run.

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Re:Ask HN: Who are you? by keefe on Thursday July 30, 2009 @02:11PM (#732718)

Currently employed at a late state, nasa funded startup... soon to be writing my own software full time, at least for a while.

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Re:Ask HN: Who are you? by maxwin on Thursday July 30, 2009 @08:37PM (#733455)

nice!

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Re:Ask HN: Who are you? by bgnm2000 on Thursday July 30, 2009 @03:12PM (#732858)

I'm a design UI/UX freelancer and entrepreneur - currently getting my feet wet w/ ruby and ROR

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Re:Ask HN: Who are you? by tjic on Thursday July 30, 2009 @06:11PM (#733203)

My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!

...or maybe I'm just a software engineer / small company owner ( SmartFlix.com / HeavyInk.com) outside of Boston...

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Re:Ask HN: Who are you? by mojaam on Thursday July 30, 2009 @10:02PM (#733590)

Uni student studying information systems (and computer science) working at the school as a web designer for various departments. Hanging out at HN for inspiration, motivation and knowledge.

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Re:Ask HN: Who are you? by pclark on Thursday July 30, 2009 @02:41PM (#732788)

CEO of Broadersheet. Broadersheet is a personalised newspaper.

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Re:Ask HN: Who are you? by maxwin on Thursday July 30, 2009 @08:37PM (#733457)

interesting service!

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Re:Ask HN: Who are you? by Travis on Thursday July 30, 2009 @05:59PM (#733177)

Web developer for a nonprofit. VP Technology at a startup. Trying to write as much as I can.

Doubled in CompSci and English at a strong U.S. uni.

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Re:Ask HN: Who are you? by maxwin on Thursday July 30, 2009 @08:40PM (#733462)

cool, man. It is a nice mix.

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Re:Ask HN: Who are you? by apsurd on Thursday July 30, 2009 @07:30PM (#733332)

I like to think I am working on being a scientist in the pure sense of the word.

To put ideas to the test, and learn from those tests.

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Re:Ask HN: Who are you? by BrentRitterbeck on Thursday July 30, 2009 @04:57PM (#733053)

BSBA Finance; 2 classes shy of BS in Mathematics; starting MSFE in a month; worked as an equity trader, trust analyst, and retail broker

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Re:Ask HN: Who are you? by TallGuyShort on Thursday July 30, 2009 @01:56PM (#732694)

uni student, former employee in electronics manufacturing, current employee as a programmer, hacker hobbyist, immigrant to the States.

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Re:Ask HN: Who are you? by ihumanable on Thursday July 30, 2009 @05:14PM (#733084)

Web Developer working for a Consulting Firm that provides software for various government organization and private companies

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Re:Ask HN: Who are you? by chaosprophet on Friday July 31, 2009 @04:32AM (#734035)

Graduated with a degree in electrical engineering three months ago. Now working on a startup in a totally unrelated field.

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Re:Ask HN: Who are you? by seasoup on Thursday July 30, 2009 @02:09PM (#732712)

engineer in a late stage startup, formerly an engineer in a large company, next... a hacker with my own startup.

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Re:Ask HN: Who are you? by jawngee on Thursday July 30, 2009 @02:54PM (#732814)

CTO of massify.com.

Lover.

Fighter.

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Re:Ask HN: Who are you? by Travis on Thursday July 30, 2009 @05:58PM (#733176)

I was checking out massify.com from your comment, and must say how valuable it looks. I'm a producer on a documentary (noapologiesmovie.com) and will def. be using massify's site for some of our upcoming work. Thanks!

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Re:Ask HN: Who are you? by maxwin on Thursday July 30, 2009 @08:34PM (#733453)

good website

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Re:Ask HN: Who are you? by Osmose on Thursday July 30, 2009 @04:24PM (#733001)

Web Development Intern at Electronic Arts. 2 years from a BS in Computer Science.

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Re:Ask HN: Who are you? by maxwin on Thursday July 30, 2009 @01:45PM (#732659)

I will begin here.

Rising college senior, bioinformatics major.

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Re:Ask HN: Who are you? by smallhadron on Friday July 31, 2009 @01:15PM (#734843)

CS professor, interested in helping students spin out companies.

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Re:Ask HN: Who are you? by burnout1540 on Thursday July 30, 2009 @04:54PM (#733045)

I'm a developer at an internet startup based in San Francisco.

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Re:Ask HN: Who are you? by ucdaz on Thursday July 30, 2009 @05:30PM (#733125)

Co-Founder of www.FeedbackJar.com

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Re:Ask HN: Who are you? by jacquesm on Thursday July 30, 2009 @06:50PM (#733268)

founder of ww.com, small time investor, coder, tinkerer.

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Re:Ask HN: Who are you? by Mz on Thursday July 30, 2009 @07:35PM (#733338)

Someone who runs a few websites and wants to learn to write a programming language so I can write a "game" (simulation) as a teaching tool for one of them. I also want to more effectively monetize the work I do on the web so I can quit my day job and spend more of my time working on the things I believe in.

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Re:Ask HN: Who are you? by maxwin on Thursday July 30, 2009 @08:39PM (#733460)

maybe Adobe flex would be useful?

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Re:Ask HN: Who are you? by Mz on Thursday July 30, 2009 @08:53PM (#733488)

I have a certificate in GIS, so I'm impressed that ESRI is using it. I guess I will have to look into it. Thanks.:)

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Re:Ask HN: Who are you? by sherl0ck on Friday July 31, 2009 @10:57PM (#735915)

code monkey

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Re:Ask HN: Who are you? by rawr on Thursday July 30, 2009 @02:37PM (#732777)

I am a computer hacker.

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Re:Ask HN: Who are you? by sound2man on Thursday July 30, 2009 @02:13PM (#732720)

IT at a general contracting firm specializing in municipal water structures.

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