Originally interviewed October 11, 2012

API Economist:  You have quite an interesting background. I love the combination of the artistic and technical. In many ways, you are the archetype of the API economist. Tell us a little bit about yourself, including your stint at the startup, Boo.com.

Cameron Hickey: I went to Bard College back in the '90s. I majored in Photography, but I always had an interest in both political science and economics. While I was there, I taught myself to program and build web apps and I actually left halfway through my senior year. I started working in New York City, first freelance, and then at one small Internet company and then I got a job at Boo.com. I spent about a year and a half working at Boo.com based in the New York office. I worked on a variety of projects, but primarily helping build and launch the first and second versions of that ill-fated website.