Poll: How old are you? • Hacker News Board

Re: Poll: How old are you?

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Post by robryan » Fri, Feb 04, 2011, 2:07 AM UTC

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. :|

Pretty awesome, had a listen on youtube, music is pretty good, guy doing vocals is pretty good, not sure about the screaming he may not be to bad, just don't know if the music is heavy enough in parts to make him seem in place. Still great though, seems you like guys had a bit of success.

Re: Poll: How old are you?

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Post by i386 » Fri, Feb 04, 2011, 2:28 AM UTC

alnayyir wrote: post #15

51Cards wrote: post #5

All I know is that this post just made me feel a lot older. Good God, I'm a 'seasoned vet' at 40.

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

23 here and about 6 years in. I often wonder what I'll be doing too when I look back on it. Likely, I won't be hacking more.

Re: Poll: How old are you?

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Post by monkkbfr » Fri, Feb 04, 2011, 2:55 AM UTC

53

Re: Poll: How old are you?

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Post by dennisgorelik » Fri, Feb 04, 2011, 3:08 AM UTC

I suddenly feel so old at 36

:-O

Re: Poll: How old are you?

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Post by [deleted] » Fri, Feb 04, 2011, 3:21 AM UTC

Raphael wrote: post #68

anonymoushn wrote: post #58

I'm 20. I acquired a 4-year degree using black magic and work somewhere in Palo Alto.

And all this time I've been studying.

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Re: Poll: How old are you?

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Post by kabdib » Fri, Feb 04, 2011, 3:22 AM UTC

51Cards wrote: post #5

All I know is that this post just made me feel a lot older. Good God, I'm a 'seasoned vet' at 40.

About to turn 50. Still having tons of fun (in the computer gaming industry, of all places).

Re: Poll: How old are you?

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Post by Jarred » Fri, Feb 04, 2011, 3:45 AM UTC

I'm 15, seemingly a small minority.

Re: Poll: How old are you?

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Post by shriphani » Fri, Feb 04, 2011, 4:43 AM UTC

19 years old. Currently working towards a bachelor's degree (I graduate in spring 2012 yay!). I'll be applying to PhD programs next semester and hopefully working at the boundaries of human knowledge will help me solve some cool problems :)

Re: Poll: How old are you?

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Post by akeck » Fri, Feb 04, 2011, 5:22 AM UTC

shriphani wrote: post #118

19 years old. Currently working towards a bachelor's degree (I graduate in spring 2012 yay!). I'll be applying to PhD programs next semester and hopefully working at the boundaries of human knowledge will help me solve some cool problems :)

Several close friends of mine are just about to finish or have just finished their PhDs. Before you go that route, you should track down postdocs in your field and then have an honest conversation with them about their job prospects and quality of life. In some fields, there are so many more postdocs in the workforce than available professorships and industry research jobs that new PhDs are barely making a living. Needless to say, they are also having trouble getting any research done.

Re: Poll: How old are you?

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Post by yuvipanda » Fri, Feb 04, 2011, 5:24 AM UTC

alnayyir wrote: post #74

agentultra wrote: post #72

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's great. And impressive. :)

It was unnecessarily intense and left me a very precocious child who was always lonely. I would never subject my (potential) children to my childhood. It gave me a boost in my career and programming, but that's nothing that can't be overcome with a marginal gap in work ethic. That said, I was very fortunate to be able to crawl out of the lower classes.

I'm 19, and I feel the pain too. Listening to classmates talk about their childhood makes me feel somewhat sad for mine.

I wouldn't trade mine in for thiers though - I love where I am :)