[georgecalm]

One thing that caught my attention is Julia’s value of work / life balance and the humanization (if that’s the right word) of programming. She very deliberately didn’t work on this in her spare time (underlining that coding isn’t the only important thing in her life) and when she did build the prototype she explicitly wanted to do it at a weekend coders retreat with other “wonderful” people around (as opposed to secluding oneself in a room and coming out of it with a solution).

[stuxnet79]

Same here. I had to do a double take when she mentioned that. She is a pretty accomplished individual and I always assumed that a lot of her personal time was taken up doing programming related activities. Now I know you don't necessarily need to sacrifice all your personal time to become HN famous.

[Serow225]

I'm glad she mentioned that too, sometimes it feels like there's cultural pressure thag if you aren't hacking in every non-work hour then you're a slacker…