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For the following reasons: 1) assume that the HN readership satisfactorily correlates to the startup demographic at large 2) the majority of the respondants a

by pvnick 13y ago

For the following reasons: 1) assume that the HN readership satisfactorily correlates to the startup demographic at large 2) the majority of the respondants answered 26-30, as was also the case in the poll that tptacek referenced elsewhere in this thread 3) the longtail is heavily skewed towards the older folks, rather than towards the younger side

dllthomas 13y ago
See, I worry that with 1 you are conflating two "startup demographics" - people who interact on HN are probably interested in startups, but many (most?) of them aren't working for startups.
- dlhavema 13y ago
  i definitely fit in that category
  - dllthomas 13y ago
    Likewise. I'm working at a small company, and the tech's interesting, but it's really not a "start-up" in the sense used here for a host of reasons.
iyulaev 13y ago
Kind of by definition though - I think there are more hackers at 30+25 = 55 rather than 30-25 = 5.
DigitalJack 13y ago
The highest bin does not necessarily a majority make. Right now that bin is less than a third. Just clarifying the facts. Not disputing your conclusion.