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Ask HN: What is your profession?
- owebmaster 9y agoself-proclaimed software engineer
- fairpx 9y agoCreative director and UI fanatic @ http://fairpixels.pro http://fairpixels.pro
- sunnyg9494 9y agoproduct manager
- linopolus 9y agoParamedic (the German equivalent: Notfallsanitäter)
- deleted 9y ago[deleted]
- Apfel 9y agoPhD student in health economics
- putsteadywere 9y agoData analyst for a health insurer
- thesagan 9y agoFullstack web dev for an agency, looking for the path to glory. (Ok, ok, finishing my degree.)
- napsterbr 9y agoJack of all trades due to necessity. From cleaning toilets to managing a startup to writing software, the later being the one I spent the most time on. The only thing I can't do is interface design. Really don't know what name I should use for this role. Founder? :)
- shady-lady 9y agoI'm Batman
- BJanecke 9y agoI'm the Riddler
- marsrover 9y agoSoftware Engineer
- deleted 9y ago[deleted]
- jrosenblatt 9y agoCEO at http://ae.studio http://ae.studio
- jo909 9y agoI look at an array of very many very tiny lights, and press a super specific sequence of buttons to turn some lights on or off in the way I want.
- quickben 9y agoIntriguing, go on...
- jo909 9y agoWell I also sometimes move around a single much bigger light with the palm of my hand that shines on the table surface, which then also changes the tiny lights. I heard some people move an actual frigging LASER to do the same thing with more precision, but that's just crazy.
- MattLeBlanc001 9y agoPreviously on LOST...
- jamesrom 9y agoSource: https://www.xkcd.com/722/ https://www.xkcd.com/722/
- altotrees 9y agoMagazine editor and web developer. Two hats.
- noonespecial 9y agoEE. Embedded systems. Code up and down the stack when on occasion when required.
- Adamantcheese 9y agoSoftware engineer.
- nihaar 9y agoproduct manager
- jackson1372 9y agoPhilosophy PhD Student
- cuonic 9y agoWeb App Developer
- cgb223 9y agoJob-seeking iOS Developer Just moved to San Francisco on Monday. Anyone have any know someone who needs one? Also, anyone need a roommate?
- JoshMnem 9y agoYou could join our programming group in Berkeley and ask around: - https://www.meetup.com/codeselfstudy/ https://www.meetup.com/codeselfstudy/ - https://codeselfstudy.com/ https://codeselfstudy.com/
- tarboreus 9y agoPhD student in English
- ianai 9y agoIT support specialist, with tons of know how to do more. I'm something of a rogue mathematician.
- gnicholas 9y agoFormer lawyer, now founder at http://www.BeeLineReader.com http://www.BeeLineReader.com
- VanCoffeeSnob 9y agoI anonymously visit coffee shops in Vancouver,BC and then review them. Also consult for a large IT firm to make actually money.
- greenmoon55 9y agoMaster student in Computer Science
- FabioFleitas 9y agoTechnical co-founder @ https://www.tesorio.com https://www.tesorio.com
- thecutter 9y agoFilm editor.
- harel 9y agoI find this question difficult. I write code, I design systems, I manage complexity and prevent complex from becoming complicated. I am CTO, I am developer, I am founder and Co founder. I am coffee maker too. When asked I usually say "I make software".
- NicoJuicy 9y ago.net developer, python, nodejs and php I trade some bitcoins and stocks I also sell some stuff on my shop I ran Pokemon go events in theme parks to test Facebook ads I bitch about being to busy and then I find something new which interests me that I don't have time to do :)
- Tade0 9y agoFront-end developer.
- josefbacik 9y agoA Linux file system developer in theory, a "this is broken and is in/related to the kernel" developer in practice.
- cpburns2009 9y agoMy profession is computer programming, and my area of expertise is full-stack web development and all that that entails.
- quickben 9y agoMany hats, mostly c++ these days.
- therobot24 9y agoautonomous vehicle researcher
- riahi 9y agoRadiology resident.
- dasmoth 9y agoI make and fettle software. Mostly bioinformatics/genomics in practice, but not especially wedded to that field. Have never been especially comfortable with the "software engineer" label, although it seems to be what a lot of people go by these days. How about "hacker"?
- rikthevik 9y agoHigh tech low life.
- johan_larson 9y agoSoftware developer, more specifically back-end software developer, even more specifically DBMS developer.
- massar 9y agoI make red lights green, and sometimes I on break a light with a hammer so that it gets replaced with something better.
- Dramatize 9y agoProduct Manager. Lead Designer. Dev Team Leader.
- JoshMnem 9y agoTrying to make the world a better place, usually involving various Internet-related projects.
- tcpekin 9y agoMaterials Science PhD student - electron microscopy
- nicolashahn 9y agoCode monkey.
- siddarthd2919 9y agoProject Manager - ADAS
- krapp 9y agoMeat robot for Amazon. I only write code for fun now, I guess.
- Wimpzilla 9y agoMolecular and Cellular Biologist engineer by career! IT guy fond of electronics engineering by passion! Looking also for a new job by the way!
- juancn 9y agoSoftware developer (formal title is Principal Software Engineer). I specialize in software for other programmers: compilers, servers, RPC frameworks, apis and libraries, high-performance code, concurrent & distributed code, query engines, etc. Tools to build an end user product mostly. The kind of thing that sits at the core of large product. Mainly in Java but also C++ and a few others.
- zmonkeyz 9y agosr system programmer (mainframe middleware)
- synicalx 9y agoI'm intrigued! If you don't mind my asking, how did you get into that line of work and how long have you been doing it?
- georgeoliver 9y agoCarpenter (remodeling mostly).
- yamalight 9y agopostdoc
- hobos_delight 9y agoTechnical Program Manager, though I miss writing code and managing teams. If I could write rust and manage teams, I would be a happy man!
- MariaMorris 9y agoI am the CEO of the company....We provide the best services for those who buy instagram likes and followers.Anyone can easily contact with us through our website https://buylikesservices.com/ https://buylikesservices.com/
- tbihl 9y agoI'm studying to be qualified to drive a steam engine.
- wingerlang 9y agoiOS Developer in Bangkok
- Samon 9y agoTitle is 'Senior Automation Engineer', but basically I write workflows (PowerShell/SMA and ServiceNow's dialect of Javascript) to automate/orchestrate IT operations processes. Stuff like user onboarding and offboarding, systems integrations between various internal and external/cloud systems, lots of 'customer requests X, perform the steps to deliver X'.
- SmellTheGlove 9y agoI always had trouble explaining what I do, and having a 5 year old, I need a clear, concise answer: I'm the generic lego businessman[1]. (I don't work for Lego, but that would be awesome) Longer answer - I do strategic technology planning for a specific segment of a large company. I used to be a data engineering director, to standardize the title somewhat. That was easier to explain to people. [1]: https://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/lego/images/5/52/AQ_Buisinessman.png/revision/latest?cb=20130409094254 https://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/lego/images/5/52/AQ_Bui...
- jaydestro 9y agoi am a developer advocate. i worked as a system admin, platform eng and devops eng for years. eventually moved into a role that allowed me to use all these skills to help developers. fun job, high reward, great for people who like people.