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What is funny is that I have that combinaison of skills.
I have my driving licence first class (allow me to drive everything but motorcycle) and I am a programmer.
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I almost became a bus driver/computer science combo. I was at UC Davis majoring in CS and learning to drive buses for the student-run bus network (which actually did have a few double deckers incidentally) but failed the driving test. (Bus driving, especially non-power-steering buses, is not easy.) Instead, I then found a job as a computer lab tech support guy for a higher wage. But had I passed, I would totally have been a bus-driving CS major. So yeah, even unusual skill combinations sometimes show up. :-)
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Got here through the random link. Normally I don't comment on old posts, but reading this in the context of 2017 adds a whole other level of WTF to the Denny's story. If Allen had only tweaked his business model to be a taxi alternative rather than a bus alternative, he might have been rolling in cash now. Or, given the anonymization here, maybe he did, and it's Bruce who should be face-palming at passing up the chance to get in at the beginning.
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funny to come back here in a world where uber exists