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Who is Simon Lawrence? Why is he here in the office and for how long has he been allowed into the Meetup premises?
Simon Lawrence is Davide's biggest fan! It is rumored that he is also a backend developer. Simon has worked at Meetup for a little over a year. He claims to have just showed up one day and pretended that that he worked there and eventually everyone thought he did. He is at Meetup because it is important for him to feel that his work makes a difference, and what better way to make a difference than creating local community?
I actually live in South not Spanish Harlem. Don't feel bad though, there is an abomination of an acronym for my neighborhood as well, SoHa. As for keeping it real, uhm... honestly, I am a gentrifier and while there is a lot of history and heritage I am not as much a part of it as many of my nieghbors who have lived there for multiple generations. I guess I "keep it real" by realizing that even though I have lived there for over three years I am still a new comer.
You took amazing pictures at Jesse's wedding. How do you describe your relationship with the camera?
Thanks, I would say that my relationship with the camera is a complex one. On one hand, I love attempting to create great images using the camera as a tool. On the other hand I feel that the camera sometimes gets in the way of actually enjoying life itself. I feel that you can't fully take part in a situation if you are photographing it.
I've heard you switched from designing CPUs to coding for the web. Honorable, I'd say. In 100 words or less tell me about the beliefs that inspired your decision.
Yeah, it is true that I used to work designing chips. I wouldn't say that there are any hardcore beliefs that made me make the switch. It was more a set of desires that arose over time. Foremost, I wanted to do work where I could more directly see my impact on users. When you are making chips you don't really get that, while on the web you users are close at hand, and noisy. Also, I would say that I just wanted to try something new.
Can you point to any specific examples where your experience with logic design has had a direct impact on your programming?
Wow, I wish I could point to something specific, but I can't think of a good instance at the moment. I would say hardware design made me pretty decent at boolean logic which is a good skill to have even when you are developing software.
