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Ask HN: What are the smartest people you know working on?
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#32Disclaimer: My perspective is obviously shaped by the places I've worked; I don't know the people I don't know. Here's my LinkedIn profile in you want that context(note - I'm not looking for a job): https://www.linkedin.com/in/lyndsysimon/ Healthcare. There were lots of changes brought about by Obamacare, and while of course many of the political aspects have either been changed or are at risk of being changed with l…
Former 18Fer here. Still doing great things. Still have latitude in compensation and hiring.
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#33Four years out of college: Some combination of working at Google, Facebook, $BIGBANK, or going to law/med school. The smartest all jumped on career ladders because of the head start from their degrees and grades. The non-technical went to banks because what other profession pays $100k a year for a liberal arts degree? The technical went to the most recognizable companies that would take them and pay them a lot of mon…
> some left their corporate job and are mindlessly trying to be entrepreneurs
"mindlessly"?
What are they missing? I'm curious, because this is a path that has always appealed to me, but that I didn't take in my twenties or early thirties. I hope to be in a position to be able to do it in my late thirties, but am not committed to the idea.
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#34Getting people to click on advertisements.
>Getting people to click on advertisements.
Came here to post the same, as I take a break from getting people to click on advertisements, at a job that pays way too much money to even consider anything else.
It's pretty damn depressing that the brightest minds of our generation have been sucked up by these companies that really do nothing but further meaningless consumerism. When people ask what I do, I say I work at a button factory.
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#35Ethereum
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#36I always wondered the definition of "smart" in context of these questions. Am I considered a smart person if I work hard on a subject and succeed at it, or if I am a naturally talented prodigy, and excel on that same topic?
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#37Disclaimer: My perspective is obviously shaped by the places I've worked; I don't know the people I don't know. Here's my LinkedIn profile in you want that context(note - I'm not looking for a job): https://www.linkedin.com/in/lyndsysimon/ Healthcare. There were lots of changes brought about by Obamacare, and while of course many of the political aspects have either been changed or are at risk of being changed with l…
Former 18Fer here. Still doing great things. Still have latitude in compensation and hiring.
Awesome!
From what I've seen, 18F serves a very valid purpose, has a lot of room to do great things, and would be a rewarding job. I never really looked into it myself because my ideology wouldn't allow me work for a government entity, but otherwise it would be near the top of my list.
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#38Dubious startups
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#39Biochemistry research, investigative journalism, crisis PR, surgery, solar power finance, and one is operating a brewery.
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#40Enjoying life.