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How To Hire a Hacker
itwbennett writes "If you want to hire a hacker, you need to take a more psychology-based approach to the entire interview process to determine whether he or she has changed their ways enough to be a trustworthy employee, says Mich Kabay in a recent Network World blog post. But this approach is also 'germane for highly skilled staffers, even those that don't come with arrest records or who have done something questionable in their pasts,' says David Strom. For example, in your next interview, ask a question that will suss out how much of a sense of entitlement a candidate has — or how much you or your company has. 'One time when I interviewed with Microsoft in Redmond I couldn't get over this sense of corporate entitlement — it was one of the biggest turn-offs that I had during my interviewing day there,' says Strom. 'I got the feeling that I wasn't going to fit in, no matter how smart I thought (or they thought) I was.'"
Put a gun to his head, give him a blowjob and tell him to break AES256?
"Another problem is that some criminal hackers may exhibit traits associated with clinical personality disorders such as the narcissistic personality disorder." I'd say a large amount of IT staff exhibit personality disorders. Not just 'hackers'.
Users... the only thing keeping 1st level support from being the bottom feeders.
I've found the best thing is to doze off during the interview, and when woken...ask for a raise.
Remember, no sleep and no coffee are your friends here...
-Chris
--an unbreakable toy is useful for breaking other toys--
Do you also take pride in fucking up heterographs?
If you aren't hiring self-important misanthropes, you aren't even trying.
For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods
When you said that he asked, "Do you understand recursion?" I was hoping that you'd say, "Then after that, he asked, 'Do you understand recursion?' And I said yes. And then he asked . . . (wait for it) . . . 'Do you understand recursion?'"
I'm sorry. It just felt like a setup for a joke about recursion.
I scream. You scream. I assume that means we're both acquainted with the problem. We proceed.
Mmmm. Crackers make me hungry. I'm a snacker.
The CB App. What's your 20?
So hacker means blowhard?
No, he doesn't. The words "accept" and "except" don't sound the same unless you're a tongueless mongoloid.
A coworker's boss once hired a "programmer" while my buddy was on vacation (avoiding the technical interview in the process.) The guy's first task was a simple program, but it always core dumped. He made no progress trying to get it fixed, so my friend held a code review. Each and every function looked like this:
Yes. He called main() at the bottom of each function. When asked about it, the "programmer" said 'that's so it'll return back to main.'
I think the biggest mistake we made was not firing that stupid manager on the spot. But I suppose if we fired managers based solely on incompetent decisions, ... well... you know.
John
...get a gun.
Nerd rage is the funniest rage.
... arrange to have them beaten.
I'm a good cook. I'm a fantastic eater. - Steven Brust
Perhaps you mean cracker
Cracker is a derogatory slang term for people originating in rural areas of the southern part of the US.
If you want to hire a cracker, just look for the baseball cap and check for a pickup truck with a gun rack-- or a John Deere tractor-- parked outside.
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A good hacker shouldn't be looking for work. He should be running....
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When they outlaw computers only outlaws will be free.
You inthenthitive clod!
Word.
You see, I was talking about words. Strings of sound that have an arbitrary meaning. You are talking about facts. Demonstrable pieces of information. It's like comparing your mother and a classy lady.
Welp, you can sit there and debate the meaning of the word inflammable, I'll be waiting in the parking lot for the fire department.
And I thought "hacker" actually meant someone who (literally) hacked on things. With a hatchet or similar.
So more like Hans Reiser?
Want to improve your Karma? Instead of "Post Anonymously", try the "Post Humously" option.
Snacking makes me sleepy. I'm a napper.
So what your saying is, real team building happens when you drink Sunny-D (tm) while skydiving to music from an analog synth? Training sure is complicated, these days . . .
Too soon dude.
The truth shall always be free: Boris Floricic is Tron.
Here's the plan. We should get a Jew and an Arab and a black dude and a KKK dude and they can all work together. And they will be a great team, cause you know, all those ads we see on TV show us that teams are far better at working together when they're all from totally different backgrounds. And we will call it positive discrimination. You know - cause if we make it PC then they will all love each other and hold hands and be a fantastic team.
Hey I remember you.