Ask HN: Who are some programmers who entered politics?

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Post by matthewmueller » Mon, Oct 23, 2023, 11:05 PM UTC

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Re: Ask HN: Who are some programmers who entered politics?

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Post by SonOfKyuss » Mon, Oct 23, 2023, 11:36 PM UTC

Will Hurd is one I can think of off the top of my head: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Hurd

Re: Ask HN: Who are some programmers who entered politics?

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Post by catlover76 » Tue, Oct 24, 2023, 12:27 AM UTC

SonOfKyuss wrote: post #2

Will Hurd is one I can think of off the top of my head: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Hurd

I had no idea he spoke Urdu and worked undercover in Pakistan o_O

Anyways, it doesn't look like he ever worked in software, despite having majored in CS (?)

Re: Ask HN: Who are some programmers who entered politics?

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Post by dysoco » Tue, Oct 24, 2023, 12:33 AM UTC

I believe the former prime minister of Singapore studied Math, CS and worked as a programmer for some time, here is more discussion and some other examples: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9419035

Re: Ask HN: Who are some programmers who entered politics?

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Post by SonOfKyuss » Tue, Oct 24, 2023, 1:12 AM UTC

catlover76 wrote: post #3

SonOfKyuss wrote: post #2

Will Hurd is one I can think of off the top of my head: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Hurd

I had no idea he spoke Urdu and worked undercover in Pakistan o_O Anyways, it doesn't look like he ever worked in software, despite having majored in CS (?)

The CIA was doing lots of recruiting of CS majors from A&M around that time to fill programmer roles so it’s certainly possible. At a minimum, I figured he qualified as a techie.