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> For those saying "Chaos Engineering", first off, the poster is well aware of Chaos Engineering. He's an AWS Hero and the founder of Tarsnap. Yeah, but did he

> For those saying "Chaos Engineering", first off, the poster is well aware of Chaos Engineering. He's an AWS Hero and the founder of Tarsnap. Yeah, but did he win the Putnam?

hitekker 6y ago
For reference: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35079 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35079
- Terretta 6y ago
  Same thread where Drew from "getdropbox.com" says he also has a "sync and backup done right" idea...
  - OJFord 6y ago
    Brilliant! https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35103 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35103
- swyx 6y ago
  i like how the guy recovered with "Just the once, though, huh?" 2007 HN was highly entertaining
- andyjohnson0 6y ago
  Further context for those of us not in North America: "Putnam" refers to a undergrad mathematics competition. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Lowell_Putnam_Mathematical_Competition https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Lowell_Putnam_Mathemat...
jedberg 6y ago
He did, but that particular accolade didn't seem relevant. :)
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ValentineC 6y ago
> He's an AWS Hero I don't pay much heed to AWS Heroes. My city has an "AWS Hero" who hoarded the organization of the official AWS meetup for themself, and who is infamous for making liberal use of Cunningham's Law [1] for everything. [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Cunningham%27s_Law https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Cunningham%27s_Law
- kitteh 6y ago
  This sounds like a legit complaint. Does anyone call them out on this?
- cperciva 6y ago
  I don't pay much heed to AWS Heroes. Honestly, I don't either. There's a handful of us who are technical and a huge number whose contributions are primarily marketing.
- jacquesm 6y ago
  And Colin isn't anything like that. At all. So aim that anger where it should be directed.
- qes 6y ago
  AWS Hero, Microsoft MVP.. something about those sorts of recognition seem to attract certain types of people - types seeking the limelight - often not particularly good, ethical, moral, or pleasant types.
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> For those saying "Chaos Engineering", first off, the poster is well aware of Chaos Engineering. He's an AWS Hero and the founder of Tarsnap. Yeah, but did he win the Putnam?

hitekker 6y ago

For reference: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35079 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35079

Terretta 6y ago
Same thread where Drew from "getdropbox.com" says he also has a "sync and backup done right" idea...
- OJFord 6y ago
  Brilliant! https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35103 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35103
swyx 6y ago
i like how the guy recovered with "Just the once, though, huh?" 2007 HN was highly entertaining
andyjohnson0 6y ago
Further context for those of us not in North America: "Putnam" refers to a undergrad mathematics competition. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Lowell_Putnam_Mathematical_Competition https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Lowell_Putnam_Mathemat...

jedberg 6y ago

He did, but that particular accolade didn't seem relevant. :)

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ValentineC 6y ago

> He's an AWS Hero I don't pay much heed to AWS Heroes. My city has an "AWS Hero" who hoarded the organization of the official AWS meetup for themself, and who is infamous for making liberal use of Cunningham's Law [1] for everything. [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Cunningham%27s_Law https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Cunningham%27s_Law

kitteh 6y ago
This sounds like a legit complaint. Does anyone call them out on this?
cperciva 6y ago
I don't pay much heed to AWS Heroes. Honestly, I don't either. There's a handful of us who are technical and a huge number whose contributions are primarily marketing.
jacquesm 6y ago
And Colin isn't anything like that. At all. So aim that anger where it should be directed.
qes 6y ago
AWS Hero, Microsoft MVP.. something about those sorts of recognition seem to attract certain types of people - types seeking the limelight - often not particularly good, ethical, moral, or pleasant types.

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