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From: stevedc@syma.sussex.ac.uk (Stephen Carter)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: Left Handed programmers (was Sinister Hackers 8-))
Message-ID: <3276@syma.sussex.ac.uk>
Date: 17 Aug 90 07:42:24 GMT
References: <1990Aug16.080332.1572@ste.dyn.bae.co.uk>
Organization: University of Sussex
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From article <1990Aug16.080332.1572@ste.dyn.bae.co.uk>, by adam@ste.dyn.bae.co.uk (Adam Curtin):
>>geoff@actrix.co.nz (Geoff McCaughan) writes:
>>norm is around 10%) often groups of hackers have >50% left handers.
>>One group I am associated with has >70%
> 
> Now there's a thing ... I wonder how common this phenomenon is?
> 
> In my last job, in a development team of 4, 3 were left handed.
> We always joked about how left-handers were superior ... I wonder what the
> distribution is across the industry? Perhaps it could become part of the
> recruitment process!
> 


Now there's  a good one.

I remember when I was a student, 5 of the 6 of us in our house were left
handed and we used to go to lectures and sit taking notes together -
life's easier that way.

For the record, in our household I'm lh, my wife is, and so isour
daughter(6).  No info on the cat or the hedgehog :-), and we're still
wating to see if our 9month old is.  His new nanny is....lh



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