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How many non-developers are reading "Hacker News"?, that's the question... usually almost everyone i read here has a background on it, even sysadmins that usual
by SadWebDeveloper 9y ago
How many non-developers are reading "Hacker News"?, that's the question... usually almost everyone i read here has a background on it, even sysadmins that usually then to not classify themselves as developers know something about it.
Also with that name i first thought it was another NoSQL DBMS or IDE.
- gnicholas 9y agoThere are also non-technical cofounders, BD, and marketing folks. Would make for an interesting Ask HN!
- rco8786 9y agoI think the name is pretty brilliant, but I can see why you might not know exactly what it is until you see the app.
- shostack 9y agoI'm a marketer. I consider myself fairly technical, can code a bit and can easily have technical discussions with engineers. I'm not a developer but I'd love to improve my skills and build a product one day.
- Zanta 9y agoProbably a fair few. MechE here myself. Software is interesting, informed conversation with technical people is nice to read.
- marak830 9y agoI'm a chef/English teacher and taught myself to code. Reading the articles on here(actually mostly the comments), helps me learn about things I haven't heard of yet.
- Mz 9y agoI'm a freelance writer. I joined HN hoping to learn to code. It hasn't yet happened. Lots of people here are not programmers.