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Just curious: What makes you ask?

• joshbaptiste 9y ago
  Legitimate question as it was also quite surprising for me to see a firefighter respond to an ask HN. Though op does have apps in the app store and tinkers with Python so this is their hobby I take it.
  • interfixus 9y ago
    It's a weird idea that somehow only certain professions are deemed natural minglers in the HN crowd. I am a factory worker, truck driver, what have you - a real grunting morlock. Am I trespassing? Ought I confine my interest to topics not too far beyond my station, or what is it exactly you are implying here?
    • TeMPOraL 9y ago
      Chill :). I doubt 'raheemm and 'joshbaptiste meant anything negative in those questions. It's just that this site is dominated mostly by people in software engineering and related fields. It's interesting to know what makes people from other fields to come here and _stay here_, given that most topics are about software. To be clear: I appreciate all kinds of people from all fields being here; almost every week I learn something new and interesting from someone who's not in software.
    • sndean 9y ago
      There was an Ask HN a while ago that pretty much asked "Why are you here?" that received a lot of responses. IIRC, there was a fire lookout and some other interesting jobs that stood out... You're certainly not trespassing. To me, HN is just a better-moderated Reddit. Makes sense that it'd attract pretty much anyone (with a bias towards tech).