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So the question is, what non-traditionally tech professions are represented here on HN and how did you get hooked to Hacker News?
I'm here because I pay for my masters and academic hobbies in other fields with my tech day job.
I believe in the Renaissance model of trying to understand and succeed in many fields.
Philosophy and theology student here, former military. I have a passion for history and dabble in Latin. I'm here because I pay for my masters and academic hobbies in other fields with my tech day job. I believe in the Renaissance model of trying to understand and succeed in many fields.
Everything is tech. And tech is nothing. For instance Google is an ad business. The web, aside from ads, is publishing. I propose we drop the construct altogether. It had its place back when personal computers were novel, but the contemporary historian writes code. Unless you mean software engineering, but much of that is now plumbing and project management.
What?
Currently unemployed. I was studying python which somehow lead me to here. Normally I surf Reddit but I find hacker news to be less toxic in the comments.
I found Reddit to be one of the most hateful communities online. Checkout the Herman Cain award sub if you want proof.
In my 20s I wasted a ton of time arguing about politics and even my own life on that site. While 9/10 times I'd find someone fun, the 1/10 was spent absorbing pure vitriol.
Ultimately no one cares about what I think or how I choose to live my life. No normal person will spend all day trying to degrade others or celebrating another's death. But that's like half of Reddit.
Occasionally I'll still find something useful, usually related to programming. But I simply don't venture into anything else.