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Just an aside, but “parish priest” must surely be the opposite of “software developer” on the Hacker News Table of Occupational Frequency. Neat!
by allenrb 2y ago
Just an aside, but “parish priest” must surely be the opposite of “software developer” on the Hacker News Table of Occupational Frequency. Neat!
- Spooky23 2y agoThe principal of my son’s former school was a Sister of St Joseph, and a huge HN fan. More amazing was how creative the sisters were in managing themselves with technology. Many decisions are made by votes, done in real time globally! Religious people get short shrift.
- Hunpeter 2y agoReminds me of the monks in the third season of Babylon 5. Who says you can't both be an IT person and a cleric?
- vanderZwan 2y agoGiven their history as archivers it seems like a natural complement, really
- lostlogin 2y agoAnd scientists. Gregor Mendel comes to mind. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregor_Mendel https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregor_Mendel
- parthianshotgun 2y agoThat episode with the reformed murderer was especially hard...what a brilliant show
- tengwar2 2y agoLay preacher here. There are dozens of us, dozens!
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- aitchnyu 2y agoTo save a few moments stalking his profile yourself: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38762380 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38762380 TLDR: 20 years as SWE, then used his skills for his calling.