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Poll: How old are you?

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Re: Poll: How old are you?

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Post by heavenshallburn »

These kinds of polls seem to come up every few months/years here at HN[1].

It'd be nice if someone made a little page that kept track of these various polls (age, gender, etc) like Gabriel does with the StartupWiki[2].

[1]: http://searchyc.com/submissions/How+old+are+you

[2]: http://www.gabrielweinberg.com/startupswiki/Ask_YC_Archive

Re: Poll: How old are you?

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Post by rh32010 »

I am 22 and still absorbing lisp, currently running through "ANSI Common Lisp" and learning how I can apply this language to potentially my own startup. Only been visiting ycombinator for a week now and I already love it! So much information that is useful. Finally registered today.

Re: Poll: How old are you?

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Post by alnayyir »

cambriar wrote: post #56
alnayyir wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

22 and 4-5 years into my career. I can only hazard a guess at what I'll be doing in 20 years.

You're the man. I'm also 22 and 1 year away from a BS.

Thanks, but dropping out of school and going into poverty in extremis before getting my career together wasn't my first plan.

Many many months of ramen and green tea.

Many...many months.

Re: Poll: How old are you?

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Post by Xk »

zachallaun wrote: post #40
Xk wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Message to the future: there were ~30 people who had voted 11-20 by the time the switch was made to break it up into two sections. To figure out the actual distribution of people, you'll have to subtract 30 from the 16-20 range and then compare that with the 11-15 range, and then add back in the 30 votes distributed correctly.

I had looked at the poll just seconds after the switch had been made; There were only 11 people who had been transferred to the 16-20 range. (So the distribution isn't going to vary as significantly.)

Alright. I had checked ten minutes later and it was ~30, and I wasn't sure if anyone else had taken a count right after the change was made.

Re: Poll: How old are you?

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Post by eftpotrm »

TimothyBurgess wrote: post #37
angelod101 wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What band?

A Hero A Fake I was in it for the music (looove to drum!) and possibly being a positive influence... let's just say the rest of the guys had other motives. :|

Well done! I love my career in IT but if I could've done the same I'd have jumped at it. Sadly my instrument skills aren't ideally suited (I play the trumpet) and I knew I wasn't up to playing with a pro orchestra, but I still miss the rush of the audience. Well done to have gone for it, best wishes for getting back there in the future if you want it.

Re: Poll: How old are you?

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Post by Raphael »

KeepTalking wrote: post #22

Amazing to see there are 500+ ppl in the 20-30 range. Curios If i could link a poll of how many are married in the respective agr groups ?

Except there isn't a 20-30 range, though I expected 20-24 and 25-29. The poll maker didn't use typical 0-based ranges and thus ended with the awkward 66+ option.
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