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Ask HN: What is the Most "Impressive" Person you know working on?

16 points by Jaedon_Proctor ↗ HN
Interpret "impressive" however it makes sense to you--the most intelligent, interesting, impactful, etc.

Is that person you?

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devonnull
They're mental health. That person has had a rough couple of years and finally has the space to focus on themselves.
boxedemp
They recently burned out working at Amazon and haven't really done anything since. But before the burnout they were by far the most impressive developer I've ever met.
runjake
Woodworking projects.

They are completely oblivious to TV, social media, memes, and online trends.

> Is that person you?

No.

Ocerge
Working on finishing his CS degree and going into a PhD program after picking himself up out of addiction. He's astoundingly brilliant but has always struggled with...just about everything else that doesn't involve a computer. But definitely the most talented mind I've ever been around.
markus_zhang
Does "know" mean I need to meet the guy in person or is OK to just know him from somewhere?
null_investor
He's working at Google, still in my home country. We were the computer geniuses of our 5th grade.

I ended up moving to Europe and working for lower tier companies and now at 36, get laid off left and right as the economy here sucks + my bad luck :-(