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Re:The difference between a programmer & a hacker by Peroni on Tuesday April 24, 2012 @07:13AM (#3883365)
I do understand your frustation and to be perfectly honest, I hear the same concern constantly. The fact is, if you're truly passionate about something, you'll find the time. I work a 60 hour week and I have a 2 year old boy and an impatient wife at home yet I find the time to dedicate at least a couple of hours a week to blogs, news, forums and so on and I can sincerely say that it doesn't have any significant impact on my precious family time.

Keep in mind, a useful GitHub repo doesn't need to contain anything groundbreaking. Honestly, even a simple fizzbuzz application is enough to prove you can code.

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Re:The difference between a programmer & a hacker by drunkpotato on Tuesday April 24, 2012 @07:43AM (#3883459)
I understand the frustration of trying to find talent in a sea of uselessness. (Not even mediocrity: I've interviewed candidates who could not explain a for loop, how to write one, or when to use one.)

However, you are trying to take your version of passion and project it onto everyone else, and I think that is harmful. If gwat is working 9-8 and in love with their job, they are passionate and don't need a github to prove it.

It's your phrase "truly passionate" that rubs me the wrong way, as did the content of the OP. Your definition of a True Hacker(tm) definitely does not match mine. Your post reminds me of a checklist for a recruiting fantasist's wet dream resume more than an explication of what makes hackers different, and I found it distasteful.

As always, YMMV. I can only speak to how the post struck me.

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Re:The difference between a programmer & a hacker by hackinthebochs on Wednesday April 25, 2012 @09:47AM (#3889086)
I agree completely. It's pure ego: a "true hacker" is someone who is exactly like me.
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Re:The difference between a programmer & a hacker by Natsu on Tuesday April 24, 2012 @07:33AM (#3883429)
If you put it that way, someone will create a Github repo of nothing but fizzbuzzes in random languages like Erlang, Whitespace, Prolog, CoffeeScript, Intercal, Malboge, Perl, 0x10^c assembly, ...
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