Poll: How old are you? • Hacker News Board

Re: Poll: How old are you?

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Post by guelo » Wed, Jul 17, 2013, 6:15 PM UTC

elboru wrote: post #37

jpdoctor wrote: post #11

God these types of polls make me feel like a geezer. Just in case any of you whippersnappers are wondering what it feels like to start hacking in your teens and continue (in one form or another) to be hacking into your late 40s: It is pretty much the same after the first cup of coffee in the morning. Where it differs is the lull in the afternoon makes me want to nap. (So I do.) The drag is that until I look in the mi…

Have you noticed any speed decrement in your learning curves (learning new languages or frameworks)?

I feel like I learn new tech faster now, though it's probably just because I've seen similar things before. I feel like I'm doing my best work now.

Re: Poll: How old are you?

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Post by edw519 » Wed, Jul 17, 2013, 6:16 PM UTC

58, writing more code, having more fun, reaching more people, & making more $ than ever, all of which still seem limitless:

  edw519's Hacker Quality of Life
  
  |                            ?? 
  |                          **  
  |                        **
  |                      **
  |                    **
  |                  **
  |                ** 
  |              **     
  |            **
  |          **
  |     *****
  -------------------------------
     10   20   30   40   50   60

Re: Poll: How old are you?

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Post by Enquiry » Wed, Jul 17, 2013, 6:17 PM UTC

People aged 1-20: How did you find HN? HN isn't easily found on search engines (except for the exact keywords "hacker" and "news"). I can't imagine how a 15 year old is stumbling upon Hacker News, other than a mentor or parent referring them.

Re: Poll: How old are you?

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Post by JoeAltmaier » Wed, Jul 17, 2013, 6:18 PM UTC

tritchey wrote: post #40

jpdoctor wrote: post #11

God these types of polls make me feel like a geezer. Just in case any of you whippersnappers are wondering what it feels like to start hacking in your teens and continue (in one form or another) to be hacking into your late 40s: It is pretty much the same after the first cup of coffee in the morning. Where it differs is the lull in the afternoon makes me want to nap. (So I do.) The drag is that until I look in the mi…

I'm sliding down the other side of that distribution myself. One evening I was having dinner with my wife and her nearly 70 year old parents. Her mom made a comment that has stuck with me: "You know, we still think and feel the same way we did when we were your age."

Yeah; but those thoughts are now 50 years out of date. That's why old people feel different; they are from another time.

Re: Poll: How old are you?

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Post by lewisflude » Wed, Jul 17, 2013, 6:19 PM UTC

I've been working with startups since I was about 17 (20 now). At first I felt like a bit of a novelty, but now I feel like just a regular dude.

Re: Poll: How old are you?

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Post by baddox » Wed, Jul 17, 2013, 6:20 PM UTC

bougiefever wrote: post #35

I'm so old I use a combination of lit and unlit candles to represent my age in binary on my birthday cake so I don't set off the smoke alarm.

Seven candles ought to do it for most people for a while.

Re: Poll: How old are you?

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Post by rjh29 » Wed, Jul 17, 2013, 6:22 PM UTC

edw519 wrote: post #42

58, writing more code, having more fun, reaching more people, & making more $ than ever, all of which still seem limitless: edw519's Hacker Quality of Life | ?? | ** | ** | ** | ** | ** | ** | ** | ** | ** | ***** ------------------------------- 10 20 30 40 50 60

I know you are well respected around here, but your ability to sound like a douche seems limitless too.

Re: Poll: How old are you?

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Post by dllthomas » Wed, Jul 17, 2013, 6:22 PM UTC

dlhavema wrote: post #38

dllthomas wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

See, I worry that with 1 you are conflating two "startup demographics" - people who interact on HN are probably interested in startups, but many (most?) of them aren't working for startups.

i definitely fit in that category

Likewise. I'm working at a small company, and the tech's interesting, but it's really not a "start-up" in the sense used here for a host of reasons.

Re: Poll: How old are you?

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Post by dkulchenko » Wed, Jul 17, 2013, 6:25 PM UTC

Enquiry wrote: post #43

People aged 1-20: How did you find HN? HN isn't easily found on search engines (except for the exact keywords "hacker" and "news"). I can't imagine how a 15 year old is stumbling upon Hacker News, other than a mentor or parent referring them.

I was 15 when I stumbled on HN (turning 18 today). Learned about it through YC and its startups (Heroku in particular).

Google "startups" and you tend to end up on a YC page pretty fast, and on HN soon after.

Re: Poll: How old are you?

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Post by aaronblohowiak » Wed, Jul 17, 2013, 6:26 PM UTC

rjh29 wrote: post #47

edw519 wrote: post #42

58, writing more code, having more fun, reaching more people, & making more $ than ever, all of which still seem limitless: edw519's Hacker Quality of Life | ?? | ** | ** | ** | ** | ** | ** | ** | ** | ** | ***** ------------------------------- 10 20 30 40 50 60

I know you are well respected around here, but your ability to sound like a douche seems limitless too.

As someone who fears ageism and my role as a hacker in light of the aging process, I am taking his post to be a beacon of light and hope, not anything resembling a 'douche'.