If you are not a programmer, please tell us who you are, and how you ended up here.
It sometimes seems like programmers are more likely to end up here, so it might be interesting to see who else does, and how.
A programmer here is someone who knows how to do it, does it, and possibly likes it—be it for professional or private reasons.
I’m not a programmer, although I code a little when I have something that needs coding. Someone (I forget who) linked me to the Parable of the Dagger, and I liked it so much that I nosed around to see what the rest of the blog was about.
I’m not a programmer. (Well, I can write code—and studied CS for two years in college—but I avoid it even better than most programmers do; it’s not a regular hobby and now I have to RTFM even for simple things.) I’ve lurked on various transhumanist lists for just about a decade and started following Overcoming Bias pretty early in its life, so I found LW from there.
I have some general technical background (lots of math and quite literally just enough engineering to be dangerous), actually managed to finish the music degree, but mostly I’m a translator between hackers and lawyers/policy types; I just finished law school and am waiting to be licensed. (Though I expect to remain more of a researcher than a litigator.) I appreciate the programming mindset but ultimately I like words better, and I think I have a comparative advantage in dealing with the fuzzy, illogical bits that drive real engineers mad.
Also I’m pretty sure this is my first comment here even though I’ve been a lurker for ages; I blame my recent dive into the IRC channel.
I just started learning python, but I’ve been on LW for well over a year.
I used to read Econlog, and from there Marginal Revolution and Overcoming Bias. I remember finding the post on Traditional Capitalist Values, which was the first article on LW I read.
I don’t think I’m a programmer on your definition—I took two CS classes in undergrad (both in C++) and I have a working knowledge of R now that I’m in a stat grad program. I came to LessWrong when it started through OB, and I found OB through Marginal Revolution. At first, OB was “just another econ blog,” but since I was a philosophy major at the time and had an interest in epistemology, OB really grabbed my interest.
I can’t programme but I should learn. I amn’t sure but I think my progression was soc.history.what-if to Randy McDonald’s blog to gnxp to Mencius Moldbug to him linki´ng to “Beware of Steven Jay Gould” when Eliezer was on OB. Insofar as anyone who isn’t a programmer can fit the cognitive profile I probably do.
If you are not a programmer, please tell us who you are, and how you ended up here. It sometimes seems like programmers are more likely to end up here, so it might be interesting to see who else does, and how. A programmer here is someone who knows how to do it, does it, and possibly likes it—be it for professional or private reasons.
I’m not a programmer, although I code a little when I have something that needs coding. Someone (I forget who) linked me to the Parable of the Dagger, and I liked it so much that I nosed around to see what the rest of the blog was about.
I’m not a programmer. (Well, I can write code—and studied CS for two years in college—but I avoid it even better than most programmers do; it’s not a regular hobby and now I have to RTFM even for simple things.) I’ve lurked on various transhumanist lists for just about a decade and started following Overcoming Bias pretty early in its life, so I found LW from there.
I have some general technical background (lots of math and quite literally just enough engineering to be dangerous), actually managed to finish the music degree, but mostly I’m a translator between hackers and lawyers/policy types; I just finished law school and am waiting to be licensed. (Though I expect to remain more of a researcher than a litigator.) I appreciate the programming mindset but ultimately I like words better, and I think I have a comparative advantage in dealing with the fuzzy, illogical bits that drive real engineers mad.
Also I’m pretty sure this is my first comment here even though I’ve been a lurker for ages; I blame my recent dive into the IRC channel.
I just started learning python, but I’ve been on LW for well over a year.
I used to read Econlog, and from there Marginal Revolution and Overcoming Bias. I remember finding the post on Traditional Capitalist Values, which was the first article on LW I read.
I don’t think I’m a programmer on your definition—I took two CS classes in undergrad (both in C++) and I have a working knowledge of R now that I’m in a stat grad program. I came to LessWrong when it started through OB, and I found OB through Marginal Revolution. At first, OB was “just another econ blog,” but since I was a philosophy major at the time and had an interest in epistemology, OB really grabbed my interest.
I can’t programme but I should learn. I amn’t sure but I think my progression was soc.history.what-if to Randy McDonald’s blog to gnxp to Mencius Moldbug to him linki´ng to “Beware of Steven Jay Gould” when Eliezer was on OB. Insofar as anyone who isn’t a programmer can fit the cognitive profile I probably do.
I’m not a programmer. I think I ended up here because of OB.