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in reply to The First Ten Perl Monks

I've had a bit more time to poke around in the catacombs.

From Perl Monks turns 5 we learn from vroom that:

5 years ago today, Perl Monks opened its doors for the first time. yiango and BBQ were among the first to wander in.
Apart from setting the official Perl Monks birthday at Dec 23, this historic post indicates that yiango was the first "non-insider" Perl Monk. Of course, it also confirms that the first eight Perl Monks were indeed "insiders": either original Perl Monks site developers or their friends (or groupies) ... except paco of course, who has a supernatural genesis, beyond the shadow of a doubt.

That leaves the two most mysterious "insiders" as: No. 6 sgtbaker; and No. 7 pschoonveld. sgtbaker remains by far the most mysterious because examining pschoonveld's posting history has revealed some further insights:

Since he was not listed as an official Everything developer by nate, and since his CV indicates he was officially working for venux.net at that time, I deduce that the mysterious pschoonveld was a Hope College buddy of vroom who hung out on the early Perl Monks web site for entertainment in his spare time (when not at the Pub).

BTW, and curiously, this early node is a (deep) meditation posted by nate on Sep 09 1999 ... more than three months before he joined!

Update: Found a sgtbaker user on everything2.com where his school is listed as Hope College and his company as Everything Development Company.