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[offtopic] Awesome seeing you here! I used to be super active on Hypixel when I was in high school (I was actually #1 on the leaderboards for one of the games

[offtopic] Awesome seeing you here! I used to be super active on Hypixel when I was in high school (I was actually #1 on the leaderboards for one of the games for over a year). One of my first large scale programming projects ever was creating a Hypixel mod for my guild. Years later I am now a software engineer working at Google on the YouTube algorithm!

AgentK20 6y ago
Great to hear! Lots of the people who learned how to code because of Minecraft have ended up all over the industry. It's where I got my start, as well as many of my coworkers. That's part of our passion for making Hytale, to empower the next generation of youth who want a game they can tinker with and use to learn. If you haven't seen it yet definitely go take a look, got lots of cool plans for moddability and customization :)
- kldavis4 6y ago
  Also offtopic, but my 12 year old is obsessed with Hytale.. Loves to read the blog updates and watch the videos and can't wait to eventually play it :)
  - djrogers 6y ago
    As is my 11yr old daughter. Cannot wait to play it. Actually, she’s a budding designer, and all she wants to do is mod it!
    - Jowsey 6y ago
      Haha same, admittedly I don't have a child, I am the child, I can't wait to get into Hytale and work on mods, servers, whatever. Hypixel is singlehandedly the reason I got into Minecraft and Minecraft is the reason I ended up learning Java. That Java knowledge has earned me a respectable income as I go through college. I owe a lot to Hypixel/Studios man :D
- BrandoElFollito 6y ago
  This is the reason I like your site. It not only drags my son into coding (which neither the school nor me to a certain extend could not) but also since he was admitted as a helper (or something like that) he is also learning other skills. The downside is that this competes with school (thanks god he is very good so that's fine-ish) The upside is that it is quarantine in France so I can manage this. Thanks for all of that!
- Yukonv 6y ago
  Little late but though I would say hi. I too got started programming thanks to Minecraft. My first real job was working at Overcast Network (oc.tc). I remember having to scale out our infrastructure to seven dedicated servers after a popular YouTuber featured us. At the time that felt crazy for a Minecraft server and here you are now with hundreds of servers. Huge congrats on scaling to where you are today. Have lots of fond memories of those early years, especially Minecon 2013.
localhost 6y ago
Since we're OT anyway, thank you for all the work you do on the YouTube algorithm. It has brought a tremendous amount of value into my life!
- mnky9800n 6y ago
  people like the youtube algorithm?
  - hn_check 6y ago
    This is remarkable. The "YouTube algorithm" is responsible for Donald Trump's ascension, Pizzagate, the belief that 5G towers cause Coronavirus, anti-vaccers, and on and on. It has been the most destructive force in the modern era. Personally I find it unbelievably stupid -- the videos it presents to me are just a terrible collection of trash, and if I happen to watch one video about someone shooting arrows, suddenly YouTube thinks I am an extreme bow and arrow aficionado. This post will be auto-flagged given that dang prefers to run an AGW-denial website that spends far too much time apologizing and appeasing the US president.
notwedtm 6y ago
I'll chime in and say hello as well! Great seeing Hypixel staying on top after all these years!

AgentK20 6y ago

Great to hear! Lots of the people who learned how to code because of Minecraft have ended up all over the industry. It's where I got my start, as well as many of my coworkers. That's part of our passion for making Hytale, to empower the next generation of youth who want a game they can tinker with and use to learn. If you haven't seen it yet definitely go take a look, got lots of cool plans for moddability and customization :)

kldavis4 6y ago
Also offtopic, but my 12 year old is obsessed with Hytale.. Loves to read the blog updates and watch the videos and can't wait to eventually play it :)
- djrogers 6y ago
  As is my 11yr old daughter. Cannot wait to play it. Actually, she’s a budding designer, and all she wants to do is mod it!
  - Jowsey 6y ago
    Haha same, admittedly I don't have a child, I am the child, I can't wait to get into Hytale and work on mods, servers, whatever. Hypixel is singlehandedly the reason I got into Minecraft and Minecraft is the reason I ended up learning Java. That Java knowledge has earned me a respectable income as I go through college. I owe a lot to Hypixel/Studios man :D
BrandoElFollito 6y ago
This is the reason I like your site. It not only drags my son into coding (which neither the school nor me to a certain extend could not) but also since he was admitted as a helper (or something like that) he is also learning other skills. The downside is that this competes with school (thanks god he is very good so that's fine-ish) The upside is that it is quarantine in France so I can manage this. Thanks for all of that!
Yukonv 6y ago
Little late but though I would say hi. I too got started programming thanks to Minecraft. My first real job was working at Overcast Network (oc.tc). I remember having to scale out our infrastructure to seven dedicated servers after a popular YouTuber featured us. At the time that felt crazy for a Minecraft server and here you are now with hundreds of servers. Huge congrats on scaling to where you are today. Have lots of fond memories of those early years, especially Minecon 2013.

localhost 6y ago

Since we're OT anyway, thank you for all the work you do on the YouTube algorithm. It has brought a tremendous amount of value into my life!

mnky9800n 6y ago
people like the youtube algorithm?
- hn_check 6y ago
  This is remarkable. The "YouTube algorithm" is responsible for Donald Trump's ascension, Pizzagate, the belief that 5G towers cause Coronavirus, anti-vaccers, and on and on. It has been the most destructive force in the modern era. Personally I find it unbelievably stupid -- the videos it presents to me are just a terrible collection of trash, and if I happen to watch one video about someone shooting arrows, suddenly YouTube thinks I am an extreme bow and arrow aficionado. This post will be auto-flagged given that dang prefers to run an AGW-denial website that spends far too much time apologizing and appeasing the US president.

notwedtm 6y ago

I'll chime in and say hello as well! Great seeing Hypixel staying on top after all these years!