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The two YC posters. I don't know if they're hackers per se, but the fact that they hang out here makes them good enough as data points.

• chaostheory 19y ago
  (someone correct me if i'm wrong) so you're going to write about hacker psychology using two people that aren't hackers? Based on the 1st post, i'm pretty sure that neither of them are
  • dfranke 19y ago
    (sorry, I think you posted that while I was in the middle of editing the comment you were replying to)
    • chaostheory 19y ago
      it's cool =) here are reasons why I don't feel either of the posters are hackers: 1) this probably wouldn't be an issue if either of them were b/c they can still do what they feel are the crucial parts of the project and recruit on the side... the 1st post seemed desperate... 2) the "poached" person probably would not have been "poached" if his project was already underway with mutual contributions to the project by everyone in the team. in my experience 1 reason a programmer leaves his team (whether it's right or wrong) is b/c he feels that he's doing all the work