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Thanks for linking to this, it was a good read :) The author seems like a cool (IMO) guy who is a bit insecure about whether he’s supposed to be seeking people

Thanks for linking to this, it was a good read :) The author seems like a cool (IMO) guy who is a bit insecure about whether he’s supposed to be seeking people’s approval or what. I couldn’t handle the status-seeking and other social dynamics of academia, so I became an entrepreneur.

neonate 7y ago
For those who don't know, he is an esteemed computer scientist who created the Lucid dataflow language with Ed Ashcroft. Much praised by Alan Kay among others.