Poll: How old are you? • Hacker News Board

Re: Poll: How old are you?

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Post by Silentio » Sun, Mar 15, 2009, 6:56 PM UTC

Interestingly enough, it seems that most respondents fall between 20-25 with the next largest group being 25-30.

>I was surprised because I thought the crowd here was mainly young.

Maybe there is something about being +40 that compels one to disclose one's age?

Re: Poll: How old are you?

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Post by mixmax » Sun, Mar 15, 2009, 6:57 PM UTC

Here's a histogram of ages, as they appear right now in the poll. It seems they follow a poisson distribution peaking around 27.

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Re: Poll: How old are you?

#13

Post by gommm » Sun, Mar 15, 2009, 6:57 PM UTC

And these kind of polls make me feel old at 25... I hate them :-)

Re: Poll: How old are you?

#14

Post by markbao » Sun, Mar 15, 2009, 7:00 PM UTC

16. And I kid you not, I feel old when these 11 year olds are besting me with their jQuery and CSS skills and whatnot.

Re: Poll: How old are you?

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Post by mixmax » Sun, Mar 15, 2009, 7:01 PM UTC

Silentio wrote: post #11

Interestingly enough, it seems that most respondents fall between 20-25 with the next largest group being 25-30. >I was surprised because I thought the crowd here was mainly young. Maybe there is something about being +40 that compels one to disclose one's age?

Being almost 40 I would say that the opposite is true ;-)

Re: Poll: How old are you?

#16

Post by vaksel » Sun, Mar 15, 2009, 7:02 PM UTC

Well it looks like your original conception was correct: 89.5% of users are younger than 40ish

Under 15: 0%

15-20: 8.5%

20-25: 33%

25-30: 31%

30-35: 12%

35-40: 5%

40-45: 5%

50-55: .5%

55-60: .5%

60+: .5%

Re: Poll: How old are you?

#17

Post by DanielBMarkham » Sun, Mar 15, 2009, 7:02 PM UTC

I just read this comment ... and noticed that a few wellknown usernames talked about their age, and were in their 40's and 50's. I was surprised because I thought the crowd here was mainly young.

Hey bub, who you calling not young?

Re: Poll: How old are you?

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Post by mixmax » Sun, Mar 15, 2009, 7:06 PM UTC

DanielBMarkham wrote: post #17

I just read this comment ... and noticed that a few wellknown usernames talked about their age, and were in their 40's and 50's. I was surprised because I thought the crowd here was mainly young. Hey bub, who you calling not young?

hey - you've got a full beard :-)

Re: Poll: How old are you?

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Post by dawson » Sun, Mar 15, 2009, 7:11 PM UTC

gommm wrote: post #13

And these kind of polls make me feel old at 25... I hate them :-)

Tell me about it, I'm twenty-six so imagine how old I feel!

Re: Poll: How old are you?

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Post by screwperman » Sun, Mar 15, 2009, 7:12 PM UTC

gpmedia wrote: post #8

pmjordan wrote: post #3

If I'm 25, do I select 20-25 or 25-30?

Excellent point. The alternatives given should 15, 16-20, 21-25 etc. Given this you should pick 20-25 (21-25) if you're 25.

Most programmers have the habit of using asymmetric bounds i.e. lower bound included, upper bound excluded.