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> I also noticed that in my country (Poland) there's quite more people working in IT with names or surnames which begins on K (Polish word for computer is "komputer")

You don't say... :) Perhaps because names starting with K are simply very common in Poland? ;) 1 in 6 out of 100 most popular last names starts with K.

And quite more IT employees than whom exactly? Presidents of the country? Since 1989 Poland had: Jaruzelski, Walesa, Kwasniewski, Kaczynski and Komorowski... Among prime ministers (since the 90s) about 1 in 5 had either first name or last name that begins with K :)



Okay, maybe you're right and I'm just biased with serial killer who killed few software developers with K-name living in Kraków

Polish article: http://wiadomosci.gazeta.pl/wiadomosci/1,114873,9855837,Krak...


Wow, now that's interesting :)

By the way, believe it or not, I do work as a programmer (in Poland), and my first name does indeed start with K :) Not the last name though, so I feel safe.

While the serial killer theory could boil down to a statistical oddity, it reminded me of this novel by Lem: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Investigation




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