Ask HN: What Is Your Profession?

#1

Post by kiberstranier » Thu, Jan 21, 2021, 4:00 PM UTC

I am reading HN several times a day and, just out of pure curiosity, I was wondering what are the professions that most people that read HN have. I am a product guy, btw.

Re: Ask HN: What Is Your Profession?

#2

Post by nosmokewhereiam » Thu, Jan 21, 2021, 4:08 PM UTC

Cyber threat Intel, but now it's mostly indoor horticulture and extraction.

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#3

Post by crazypython » Thu, Jan 21, 2021, 4:13 PM UTC

Make a poll: https://news.ycombinator.com/newpoll

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#4

Post by ashish1521 » Thu, Jan 21, 2021, 4:17 PM UTC

80% Marketing guy 20% dev person, specialist in SaaS and product marketing.

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#5

Post by d95730 » Thu, Jan 21, 2021, 6:36 PM UTC

CS undergrad

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#6

Post by d95730 » Thu, Jan 21, 2021, 6:39 PM UTC

crazypython wrote: post #3

Make a poll: https://news.ycombinator.com/newpoll

"Sorry, you need over 200 karma to create a poll."

It seems like OP cannot do that...

Re: Ask HN: What Is Your Profession?

#7

Post by d95730 » Thu, Jan 21, 2021, 6:41 PM UTC

nosmokewhereiam wrote: post #2

Cyber threat Intel, but now it's mostly indoor horticulture and extraction.

What does a "Cyber threat Intel" do? Can you perhaps elaborate a little more on this, please?

Re: Ask HN: What Is Your Profession?

#8

Post by d95730 » Thu, Jan 21, 2021, 6:43 PM UTC

ashish1521 wrote: post #4

80% Marketing guy 20% dev person, specialist in SaaS and product marketing.

Interesting. So how come you ended up 80 % in marketing and 20 % as a developer? Do you have a CS background? Or is it perhaps an economic/business admin degree?

If I am not mistaking, James McNellis from Microsoft had a philosophy degree. So apparently it doesn't matter what degree you have, the only metric that seems to be of importance is your ability to code.

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#9

Post by danielkyne » Thu, Jan 21, 2021, 7:45 PM UTC

I'm the co-founder and CEO of startup called OpinionX (www.opinionx.co) - we've built a dynamic survey tool where people vote on each other's opinions to identify consensus at scale. Based in Dublin, Ireland.

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#10

Post by Bvalmont1 » Thu, Jan 21, 2021, 9:01 PM UTC

Product Designer hoping to someday find a post here to automate my day job so I can spend more time making actual great products.