Ask YC: What's your day job? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask YC: What's your day job?

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Post by whather » Sun, Aug 24, 2008, 3:47 PM UTC

before: game developer (pirates of the burning sea) now: meetcast.com

Re: Ask YC: What's your day job?

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Post by simplegeek » Sun, Aug 24, 2008, 3:56 PM UTC

Software Craftsmen :)

Re: Ask YC: What's your day job?

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Post by kirse » Sun, Aug 24, 2008, 4:23 PM UTC

edw519 wrote: post #23

programmer (I remember a time when almost everyone here would have called themsevlves that. But now, we have 47 different words for "programmer".)

I'm actually a Rockstar™ Developer.

Re: Ask YC: What's your day job?

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Post by STHayden » Sun, Aug 24, 2008, 4:34 PM UTC

web / user interface designer

Re: Ask YC: What's your day job?

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Post by tonyvt2005 » Sun, Aug 24, 2008, 4:53 PM UTC

Rails developer for a DoD contractor plus side projects

Re: Ask YC: What's your day job?

#36

Post by kcy » Sun, Aug 24, 2008, 4:55 PM UTC

finishing med school

Re: Ask YC: What's your day job?

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Post by nostrademons » Sun, Aug 24, 2008, 4:59 PM UTC

furiouslol wrote: post #26

timae wrote: post #21

I do financial due diligence for M&A. Mostly on the buy-side. (with a webapp side project)

that's very cool. an investment banker hacking a webapp

Delicious. Or Amazon, if you go back further.

Re: Ask YC: What's your day job?

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Post by dotBen » Sun, Aug 24, 2008, 5:02 PM UTC

tonyvt2005 wrote: post #35

Rails developer for a DoD contractor plus side projects

Why does the words "Rails" and "DoD" freak me out all of a sudden?

Re: Ask YC: What's your day job?

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Post by dotBen » Sun, Aug 24, 2008, 5:04 PM UTC

Platform and developer network consultant to large companies and other start-ups, but I often end up giving advice on a wide variety of topics - development methodologies tru to blogging PR.

I'm probably a prime example of PG's "go all in" strategy rather than doing my project on "the side" as I'm essentially doing the same work for other people so that they can get ahead of me. :(

Re: Ask YC: What's your day job?

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Post by kylec » Sun, Aug 24, 2008, 5:09 PM UTC

undergrad/Tim Hortons baker - but I don't plan on doing that forever