#AskJohnOverleaf: Dr Hammersley, Overleaf Co-founder, Answered Your Questions on Reddit

Yesterday, Dr John Hammersley, co-founder of Overleaf, took part in a Reddit “Ask Me Anything” on /r/science, Reddit’s science subreddit. His submission focussed on his career transition from academia to industry and then to starting up his own company within an academic industry. You can go back and view the thread here.

John’s Ask Me Anything got a lot of attention, with lots of thoughtful and interesting questions. As things stand, his submission has had over 1700 upvotes and 180 comments. The questions dealt with a great variety of topics, from his favourite Overleaf features and mathematical theorems to open science and the future of publishing.

“How do you find jobs outside of academia?” @DrHammersley offers up his advice https://t.co/KULgdLuQbW #AskJohnOverleaf @Overleaf

— Digital Science (@digitalsci) January 14, 2016

During the Ask Me Anything John even managed to announce some new features in Overleaf!

@DrHammersley has just announced new features available on @overleaf via the #askjohnoverleaf AMA Reddit forum https://t.co/4Mxyu1LG8Z

— Overleaf (@overleaf) January 14, 2016

After answering 20 questions in the hour John took a deserved break but he will be continuing to add in replies on an ongoing basis.

Phew – that’s it for now! About 20 questions answered, more to come later once I’ve had a break! https://t.co/P4NDTxA2cM #AskJohnOverleaf

— John Hammersley (@DrHammersley) January 14, 2016