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> 22.8 answers per day, every day, for the last 3144 days I wonder if his employer is on board + supportive with this use of his time.

bachmeier 5y ago
I believe it's this guy[1], so it's safe to assume his boss is on board with spending his time that way. [1] http://data-miners.com/linoff.htm http://data-miners.com/linoff.htm
- da_chicken 5y ago
  Okay, but that site is quite dead and has been for a long time. The homepage has Flash on it, and the linked blogs haven't been updated in 5 years.
  - dylan604 5y ago
    If you're answering 23 questions on SO per day, you don't have time to maintain a website. Especially that initial time sink of converting from a Flash based site.
    - da_chicken 5y ago
      If it's occupying his life so much that he hasn't updated the homepage for his technology consulting firm in 5 to 10 years, then he seriously hope he's retired because the alternative is really not good.
necheffa 5y ago
He could be retired.
biddit 5y ago
Why do you make the assumption that he does this on company time?
- asah 5y ago
  22.8 non-trivial answers per day. I'm pretty fast with SQL and no way I could do that, let alone 3000+ days in a row.
  - bsd44 5y ago
    You are assuming that he answers questions every day. He could easily be spending weekends on SO and some evenings. It doesn't mean he's using work time to do this.
  - spookthesunset 5y ago
    Even at 10 minutes per answer that is roughly 3.7 hours a day or 26 hours a week. That’s more than half of a full 40 hour work week or like 23% of your waking hours each day! That’s a non trivial amount of time!
    - EForEndeavour 5y ago
      I'm willing to bet this guy is so good at his craft that he bangs out quality answers in less than 10 min per question. That'd actually be a fun side project: for a given SO user, compute their average time between each of their answers and the corresponding question.
- codehawke 5y ago
  Most popular question shows, he answered it on a Friday at 2pm. I bet he did answer on the clock.
- julienfr112 5y ago
  He may be a database engineer on call in case of problems, but not busy doing anything. Some people on call are doing crosswords, watching youtube, posting on facebook. He's posting on stackoverflow !
omk 5y ago
The user has published numerous books on SQL and Data Mining. Makes me think he is an expert who spends time curating caveats in this ecosystem. This is a great way to build value for the community and self. https://www.amazon.com/s?i=stripbooks&rh=p_27%3AGordon+S.+Linoff&s=relevancerank&text=Gordon+S.+Linoff&ref=dp_byline_sr_book_1 https://www.amazon.com/s?i=stripbooks&rh=p_27%3AGordon+S.+Li...
- swasheck 5y ago
  Would be interesting to see the overlap in answers. It may be that instead of closing as duplicates, he’s just answering them and his SO cred keeps folks from chasing duplicates. As an aside, he was also a big reason why I stopped participating in the network as we had a few run-ins over nuances where his support was “I wrote a book.”
0x000000001 5y ago
Is his employer satisfied with the results of his work? That's all that matters

bachmeier 5y ago

I believe it's this guy[1], so it's safe to assume his boss is on board with spending his time that way. [1] http://data-miners.com/linoff.htm http://data-miners.com/linoff.htm

da_chicken 5y ago
Okay, but that site is quite dead and has been for a long time. The homepage has Flash on it, and the linked blogs haven't been updated in 5 years.
- dylan604 5y ago
  If you're answering 23 questions on SO per day, you don't have time to maintain a website. Especially that initial time sink of converting from a Flash based site.
  - da_chicken 5y ago
    If it's occupying his life so much that he hasn't updated the homepage for his technology consulting firm in 5 to 10 years, then he seriously hope he's retired because the alternative is really not good.

necheffa 5y ago

He could be retired.

biddit 5y ago

Why do you make the assumption that he does this on company time?

asah 5y ago
22.8 non-trivial answers per day. I'm pretty fast with SQL and no way I could do that, let alone 3000+ days in a row.
- bsd44 5y ago
  You are assuming that he answers questions every day. He could easily be spending weekends on SO and some evenings. It doesn't mean he's using work time to do this.
- spookthesunset 5y ago
  Even at 10 minutes per answer that is roughly 3.7 hours a day or 26 hours a week. That’s more than half of a full 40 hour work week or like 23% of your waking hours each day! That’s a non trivial amount of time!
  - EForEndeavour 5y ago
    I'm willing to bet this guy is so good at his craft that he bangs out quality answers in less than 10 min per question. That'd actually be a fun side project: for a given SO user, compute their average time between each of their answers and the corresponding question.
codehawke 5y ago
Most popular question shows, he answered it on a Friday at 2pm. I bet he did answer on the clock.
julienfr112 5y ago
He may be a database engineer on call in case of problems, but not busy doing anything. Some people on call are doing crosswords, watching youtube, posting on facebook. He's posting on stackoverflow !

omk 5y ago

The user has published numerous books on SQL and Data Mining. Makes me think he is an expert who spends time curating caveats in this ecosystem. This is a great way to build value for the community and self. https://www.amazon.com/s?i=stripbooks&rh=p_27%3AGordon+S.+Linoff&s=relevancerank&text=Gordon+S.+Linoff&ref=dp_byline_sr_book_1 https://www.amazon.com/s?i=stripbooks&rh=p_27%3AGordon+S.+Li...

swasheck 5y ago
Would be interesting to see the overlap in answers. It may be that instead of closing as duplicates, he’s just answering them and his SO cred keeps folks from chasing duplicates. As an aside, he was also a big reason why I stopped participating in the network as we had a few run-ins over nuances where his support was “I wrote a book.”

0x000000001 5y ago

Is his employer satisfied with the results of his work? That's all that matters