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(Author here.) It's great to see my write-up on HN, and I'm glad to see it generating good discussion here. Since several people have asked, I have now made my

(Author here.) It's great to see my write-up on HN, and I'm glad to see it generating good discussion here. Since several people have asked, I have now made my 'metime' tracking app open source: https://github.com/jdleesmiller/metime https://github.com/jdleesmiller/metime Being in London, I have just woken up, so I will now be more able to answer any questions!

shubhamjain 10y ago
I am assuming that you didn't spent actively recording it but what does the time spent on sites like HN, Reddit et. al look like?
- jdleesmiller 10y ago
  Sadly, I didn't specifically track HN / reddit --- it would have been 'clock stopped' :) My feeling is that I read HN less than I used to, but I don't have any data to back that up.
lusen 10y ago
Hi author. Small nit: consider changing your title to "their" time rather than "he" since you talk about "a technical co-founder". There's no need to use gendered language in the general case, and gendered language needlessly encourages gendered based identification. Imagine if you included your race and ethnicity and sexuality in the title - that'd feel silly, right? It would limit the audience who found the piece relevant, and it could be read as though those aspects were somehow relevant to being a technical co-founder. No doubt gender and race and ethnicity do effect one's experience and interactions, and that's a great piece to write, but that's not what you're trying to talk about in this piece so why put it in the title?
- jdleesmiller 10y ago
  Thanks for the feedback on the title. I've changed it to "their", which still works fine for me. For the avoidance of doubt, I do say in the article that: > The CTO role is a very diverse one, and I don’t expect that the results here will be true in general. This is just my story. I hope it is an interesting one, and it is uniquely backed by data! So, the subject is me, and I am a male. I did not intend to exclude anyone by using "him". (I can't change the title on HN myself, but if someone who can wants to do so, please feel free.)
- forgotpwtomain 10y ago
  > Imagine if you included your race and ethnicity and sexuality in the title - that'd feel silly, right? Historically it has been correct English to use the masculine pronoun where it could refer to either sex. I understand the reasons to prefer a different construction ( I also find "their" or "one's" to be preferable) but comparing standard English to explicitly calling out ethnicity or sexual preference is virulent.
mxuribe 10y ago
Kudos on the write-up!

shubhamjain 10y ago

I am assuming that you didn't spent actively recording it but what does the time spent on sites like HN, Reddit et. al look like?

jdleesmiller 10y ago
Sadly, I didn't specifically track HN / reddit --- it would have been 'clock stopped' :) My feeling is that I read HN less than I used to, but I don't have any data to back that up.

lusen 10y ago

Hi author. Small nit: consider changing your title to "their" time rather than "he" since you talk about "a technical co-founder". There's no need to use gendered language in the general case, and gendered language needlessly encourages gendered based identification. Imagine if you included your race and ethnicity and sexuality in the title - that'd feel silly, right? It would limit the audience who found the piece relevant, and it could be read as though those aspects were somehow relevant to being a technical co-founder. No doubt gender and race and ethnicity do effect one's experience and interactions, and that's a great piece to write, but that's not what you're trying to talk about in this piece so why put it in the title?

jdleesmiller 10y ago
Thanks for the feedback on the title. I've changed it to "their", which still works fine for me. For the avoidance of doubt, I do say in the article that: > The CTO role is a very diverse one, and I don’t expect that the results here will be true in general. This is just my story. I hope it is an interesting one, and it is uniquely backed by data! So, the subject is me, and I am a male. I did not intend to exclude anyone by using "him". (I can't change the title on HN myself, but if someone who can wants to do so, please feel free.)
forgotpwtomain 10y ago
> Imagine if you included your race and ethnicity and sexuality in the title - that'd feel silly, right? Historically it has been correct English to use the masculine pronoun where it could refer to either sex. I understand the reasons to prefer a different construction ( I also find "their" or "one's" to be preferable) but comparing standard English to explicitly calling out ethnicity or sexual preference is virulent.

mxuribe 10y ago

Kudos on the write-up!