Poll: Where do you work? • Hacker News Board

Sigh, these poll options seem to confirm to me just how myopic many HN and startup people are about the software world. Believe it or not, there is a LOT of software that gets written that either is not "web", or related to a startup. Additionally, the people that write it do find the content at HN relevant and interesting.

I found myself at a party in SF on New Years at an apartment that housed a startup as well as its founders. While meeting someone there, the conversation went like this:

"Oh hey, are you part of the company here too?"

"No, I'm in a different startup"

"Oh cool, YC?"

"Yeah, what YC class are you?"

"Actually, I'm not in a startup, I work for..."

The guy turned his head and walked away. Sorry boys and girls, but you're not all Mark Zuckerberg just because you're doing the startup thing, and the rest of us that write code aren't relics of another era. Happy hacking.

Re: Poll: Where do you work?

#46

Post by lt_kije » Wed, Jan 26, 2011, 10:18 PM UTC

University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin.

Re: Poll: Where do you work?

#47

Post by harryh » Wed, Jan 26, 2011, 10:19 PM UTC

foursquare!

(ps: we're hiring! http://foursquare.com/jobs/)

Re: Poll: Where do you work?

#48

Post by kul » Wed, Jan 26, 2011, 10:21 PM UTC

everyplace wrote: post #22

I'm the Director of Design Technology at WSJ.

Interesting! What kind of stuff do you do?

Re: Poll: Where do you work?

#49

Post by jacquesm » Wed, Jan 26, 2011, 10:22 PM UTC

optimusclimb wrote: post #45

Sigh, these poll options seem to confirm to me just how myopic many HN and startup people are about the software world. Believe it or not, there is a LOT of software that gets written that either is not "web", or related to a startup. Additionally, the people that write it do find the content at HN relevant and interesting. I found myself at a party in SF on New Years at an apartment that housed a startup as well as…

Would you wager there is more software written that is not web related and that it collectively makes more money than the stuff that is?

Re: Poll: Where do you work?

#50

Post by mikerg87 » Wed, Jan 26, 2011, 10:22 PM UTC

Have Laptop, Will Travel

I work wherever I am when I need to get something done. Office, patio, airport waiting area, starbucks, DMV...