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Ask HN: What is the most impressive thing "other than this startup" you've done?
I'm not asking to start a posturing or bragging contest. I'm actually curious to see some kind of sample of impressive things. I've already submitted my own answer on the application, I wonder what variety of things people have answered on their own.
pg - If this amounts to some sort of cheating, please let me know. That's not intended. On another thread I saw someone talk about their interest in other people's answers and realized I am as well.
- cdvonstinkpot 14y agoI completed a 2 year Electronics trade school course in 1 year.
- dylangs1030 14y agoVery cool! Thanks for responding.
- cup 14y agoI built my first website using joomla to store university work, upload photos for friends to see and mess about on. It took me a few months, its the ugliest website you'll ever see but I felt proud to have proven to myself that I could do it.
- iends 14y agoI convinced my wife to marry me.
- dylangs1030 14y agoHa, if that's what you put on the application that's pretty funny. I like it.
- logn 14y agoI convinced my ex-girlfriend to marry me. Kind of like "High Fidelity".
- mindcrime 14y agoI mentioned mine on that other thread[1], but basically these are the main things I can come up with that seem even slightly worthwhile: 1. I was formerly Fire Chief of a volunteer fire department, and one of the youngest people to hold that position in my area. 2. I was one the youngest, if not the youngest, Firefighting Instructors certified by the NC State Fire & Rescue Commission. 3. I ran for Lieutenant Governor of NC, appeared in a statewide televised debate with the other two candidates and got about 125,000 votes (roughly 3%). [1]: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5220936 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5220936
- dylangs1030 14y agoIs what you're trying to do related to firefighting?
- mindcrime 14y agoNot in the slightest, sadly. Being a volunteer firefighter and being heavily involved in that world was a big part of my life for about 10 years, and I kinda miss it. But I'm just too busy for it these days.
- pav3l 14y agoI have planted over half million trees.
- dylangs1030 14y agoWow. How long did that take you?
- pain_perdu 14y agoI created a self-reliant social enterprise that has helped 150+ at-risk kids.
- ataleb52 14y agoI'd be interested in reading about this as I might be going into teaching at-risk high school kids. Do you have anything written on this or a site I can visit?
- pain_perdu 14y agoYou can read about my project at http://www.charliesfreewheels.ca/social-mission/ http://www.charliesfreewheels.ca/social-mission/ We followed in the footsteps of larger American groups like https://bikesnotbombs.org https://bikesnotbombs.org If you have any questions, please let me know.
- datr 14y agoI flooded part of the University of Cambridge. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1287372/Cambridge-students-create-200m-canal-punt-May-Ball.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1287372/Cambridge-st...
- devonbarrett 14y agoImpressive! How deep was it?
- japhyr 14y agoI circled North America (roughly) on a bicycle.
- clockwork_189 14y agoI help organize one of Canada's largest student run technology conference. http://infect.cutc.ca/ http://infect.cutc.ca/