[davidw]

I'm not aware of all the details of Aaron's career, but I was not under the impression that he has been in a position to hire that many people. Knowing who he was hiring for what size organizations and in what capacity would be useful information.

[benhoyt]

You're right, that would be useful information. However, Aaron was one of the reddit founders and I imagine gained a few pennies from that. Perhaps the project he's hired for is openlibrary.org?

From http://openlibrary.org/about/people: "Aaron Swartz, Former Project Leader. The Open Library wouldn't exist without Aaron. He wrote the backbone of the system you see today. He has also worked on specs like RSS, startups like Reddit.com, and software projects like web.py. He worked from San Francisco to architect the site, put together the team, and attempt to keep things organized, and we couldn't have come this far without his crucial expertise."

[davidw]

"Gained a few pennies" goes without doubt, but that doesn't necessarily translate into hiring. For instance, 'our very own' PG has probably hired fewer people than many people here, although I'm sure he's interviewed way more than most of us have.

[timmaah]

Busy guy... In the past year, he also cofounded "Progressive Change Campaign Committee". Which amoung other things, has done great work on health care reform this past summer/fall.