Comment on Ask HN: Who are some programmers who entered politics?Comments−SonOfKyuss2yWill Hurd is one I can think of off the top of my head: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Hurd−catlover762yI had no idea he spoke Urdu and worked undercover in Pakistan o_OAnyways, it doesn't look like he ever worked in software, despite having majored in CS (?)−SonOfKyuss2yThe CIA was doing lots of recruiting of CS majors from A&M around that time to fill programmer roles so it’s certainly possible. At a minimum, I figured he qualified as a techie.
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Will Hurd is one I can think of off the top of my head: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Hurd
I had no idea he spoke Urdu and worked undercover in Pakistan o_O
Anyways, it doesn't look like he ever worked in software, despite having majored in CS (?)
The CIA was doing lots of recruiting of CS majors from A&M around that time to fill programmer roles so it’s certainly possible. At a minimum, I figured he qualified as a techie.