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I don't mean this in a bad way, and I am genuinely curious: what is an anesthesiologist doing on HN?

• xeonmc 1y ago
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• magicalhippo 1y ago
  Maybe he's a midnight hacker? I work as a programmer, but it was and still is my hobby. And I could have ended up in a different line of work. In which case I'd most likely still be here but with a different day job experience.
• fouc 1y ago
  HN users cover a broad spectrum of people, computer developers are just a subset.
• 0x7cfe 1y ago
  Just in case, Con Kolivas, a prominent contributor to the Linux kernel, is also an active and practicing anesthesiologist. People are awesome. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Con_Kolivas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Con_Kolivas
• foo-bar-bat 1y ago
  I think the sorting hat outcomes for technical polymaths and driven entrepreneurs is the hat is sometimes quantum, and can rightfully put you into any or multiple houses at Hogwarts? Like Harry. Last time I had a major surgery the anesthesiologist at Stanford was also simultaneously a full time employee of Apple. (At the time we were competitors; we figured out during surgical prep that we had friends/colleagues in common.) Similarly, while working at another FAANG company, one of my colleagues was simultaneously a practicing MD (PCP) at Stanford. He later left both jobs, to start own biz. At one point he referred me to another Stanford doc who was simultaneously the founder of a diagnostic-tech startup, which sadly has since fizzled. Lastly, I know a practicing anesthesiologist married to a serial entrepreneur who's built and sold stuff you've heard of. They or some of their hundreds of employees may be here, dunno. Won't out them.