On: Ask HN: Mark Zuckerberg presidency?

[ryanwaggoner]

Literal lol.

Seriously though, it'd be interesting to have any kind of programmer / engineer / etc as President. Have we ever had that?

[self_assembly → ryanwaggoner]

Herbert Hoover was a mining engineer for a while. This is a rather unfortunate example.

I can't remember any names, but I know other countries have a had a better go of it. Specifically I'm thinking of an Eastern Asian country but I really can't remember who and what country.

[altern8tif → self_assembly]

I presume you're referring to Lee Hsien Loong, the Prime Minister of Singapore?

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/05/prime...

[crazybigdan → ryanwaggoner]

Carter had a background in engineering if I recall.