Not to mention "unemployed".

And the counter part to that, "Work? Already sold my company, suckers!"

Or "student".

Or "hey buddy, spare some change?"

Where does a university development position fall within this realm?

I put it under non-web company, though now that you mention it, a university isn't really a "company." Seems better than "other", though, since it falls under the same general area.

But I think the distinction of relevance is web vs non-web, so what did one do at the university?

My university experience would be non-web, but I used all kinds of languages (PHP, Ruby, Python, Racket, Java, C) many of which are commonly used on the web. Plus everyone uses the web these days, so HN content is often quite interesting.

I said other but university research should have been a.category and gov too

Might as well throw non-startup banking or finance then. wink