Comment by motohagiography

Have my absolute favourite job from a cold response to a cryptic HN "who's hiring" post.

They used HN because they wanted hackers, and they did a lot of hiring from FOSS projects, creative endeavours, anything demonstrably self-driven. Working for peers whose skills, intelligence, and ethic I respect means I take a fully moralized approach to my daily work. The mission is pretty standard other than being super high performance, but the people make it an absolute privilege to be here.

If I ever had to explain this handle it would be that the creative urge is an engine that needs an exhaust stroke to keep going, and so I write, but nobody asks. We just all know we read posts here. Hey co-workers, I'd never say it in chat because being meta wrecks flow and vibes, but you're all pretty cool.