PJ Hyett
Who is PJ Hyett?
A simple man with big dreams.
Where and when did you start programming?
I bought “Teach Yourself to Create Web Pages in 24 hours” from an Office Max bargain bin in Naperville, IL circa 1998.
About working in GitHub?
I joined Chris and Tom a few months after they started hacking on it on weekends. Chris and I had built another website around the same time, but it became clear that GitHub was the far more interesting (and potentially profitable) product so I started devoting all of my time to that. I can’t believe that was almost three years ago, it’s been a blast.
What does your typical day look like?
I don’t know if I really have a typical day. It could involve waking up at 6am to talk to potential GitHub:FI customers in London or sleeping until 6pm because I’m jet-lagged from our last trip.
What do you do in your free time?
Avoiding wedding planning and drinking bourbon.
Current favorite apps?
Web apps: Google Voice, GrubHub and Kayak. Desktop apps: Mailplane, VMWare Fusion and PDFpen (although it could
be a lot better)
What OS do you prefer?
OS X, but I don’t mind Ubuntu.
Small picture for your Workplace?
I work at this table at our office:
otherwise I’m working at home on my couch or at my desk.
Favorite: Language, JS Framework?
French, JQuery.
Name something that has inspired you recently?
Traveling internationally. For all of the things you take for granted and all of the things you’ve yet to achieve.
What do you prefer (and why)? Freelance work or full time employment?
I prefer full-time work. Jumping between projects is tiresome especially when you don’t have any skin the game. Helping to run GitHub is exactly what I want to be doing.
What are your personal projects and goals for 2010?
Get married and help fix the economy of Greece by honeymooning there.
