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Microsoft to Hire Xbox Hackers?

Posted by michael on from the bare-metal dept.

handsomepete writes "According to PlanetXbox, Microsoft is looking to hire 'software design engineers' to look into the properties of modchips and detection code for hardware. A background in game hacking knowledge is listed as a preferred talent. Will any of the Xbox Linux participants take a stab at this job?"

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  1. Re:Do what I did. by ChaosDiscordSimple · · Score: 4, Informative
    Refusing to sign documents can work pretty well. I never signed the employment agreement at my last job because they repeated failed to get me the changes they promised. ("Hey, Alan, could you sign the employment agreement?" "Sure, as soon as you get me a revised agreement per our verbal agreement when I accepted the position." "Oh, sure, I'll have that soon." Repeat every four months until I left.) A similar technique worked for a friend.

    However, signing a false name to the documents (John Doe), is pretty clearly fraud and could get you in trouble if the company pressed the issue in court. Don't do it.