"On-Topic: Anything that good hackers would find interesting. That includes more than hacking and startups. If you had to reduce it to a sentence, the answer might be: anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity."
Sorry but neither the article nor the subject can be said to pique "intellectual curiosity".
Working hard and winning an unheard of competition? Yeah very fascinating.
Understand that anyone can rewrite their past to draw out a cock and bull story of succeeding against all odds. Want to hear mine? This is fairly banal. A narrative like this is best reserved for people who succeed in affecting something bigger than themselves or are at the very top of their profession.
I agree with GP - yet another 'culture clash' article with a marginalized group focus.
You could probably create a Markov generator to create these stories. "I don't fit in, look at my talent! Let's talk women. She'd stand out in any decade!"
Because the narrative is getting easier and easier to control on websites that aren't even mainstream. I'm looking forward to see some workable innovations in this area... Common Silicon Valley! :)
