What I do is keep on programming, etc., but mostly keep non-geeks as friends.
I also tried the "hide your inner geek" thing, but in the end I seem to do better socially when I'm open about my interests (although I did lose a few people that I was friends with only on the base of common partying and clubbing interests).
The reason is simple - being an entrepreneurial programmer is one very distinguishable feature about you, especially in liberal art schools. If you look around you'll see that most people your age don't have something very unique about them.
For example, I only told a few friends about my startup, but the word spread out quite quickly and everyone is excited about it, calling me to check how things are going, etc. Somebody else got that McKinsey job, which is also cool, but that's not what people are talking about over drinks at the bar.
Hmm, it's good to hear the two cents from the founder of the Feel Good Initiatives. I am a big fan of your project.
I am also staying in Boston (near Beacon Hill) for the summer, and slightly off topic but not really, what are the cool stuff that hackers could do in Boston?
Actually I've never spent a summer in Boston although I've spent 4 dreadful winters here. You could drop in on summer classes in MIT. You could go to the beach - Crane Beach is pretty good, Revere Beach can be a little white trash. Unfortunately there aren't many good places to work out in the open
Also, YC is obviously in town, so find somebody who'll get you in on a few of the dinners and you get the speeches for free. :)
hang out at mit! (or one of the other various locales where there are scientists a plenty)
(this is going to be my second summer of doing comp sci research in boston and hanging out at mit)
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What I do is keep on programming, etc., but mostly keep non-geeks as friends.
I also tried the "hide your inner geek" thing, but in the end I seem to do better socially when I'm open about my interests (although I did lose a few people that I was friends with only on the base of common partying and clubbing interests).
The reason is simple - being an entrepreneurial programmer is one very distinguishable feature about you, especially in liberal art schools. If you look around you'll see that most people your age don't have something very unique about them.
For example, I only told a few friends about my startup, but the word spread out quite quickly and everyone is excited about it, calling me to check how things are going, etc. Somebody else got that McKinsey job, which is also cool, but that's not what people are talking about over drinks at the bar.
Hmm, it's good to hear the two cents from the founder of the Feel Good Initiatives. I am a big fan of your project.
I am also staying in Boston (near Beacon Hill) for the summer, and slightly off topic but not really, what are the cool stuff that hackers could do in Boston?
Actually I've never spent a summer in Boston although I've spent 4 dreadful winters here. You could drop in on summer classes in MIT. You could go to the beach - Crane Beach is pretty good, Revere Beach can be a little white trash. Unfortunately there aren't many good places to work out in the open
Also, YC is obviously in town, so find somebody who'll get you in on a few of the dinners and you get the speeches for free. :)
hang out at mit! (or one of the other various locales where there are scientists a plenty) (this is going to be my second summer of doing comp sci research in boston and hanging out at mit)