News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on ZenPayroll Is Not Hiring Hackers. Parent comment

Re:ZenPayroll Is Not Hiring Hackers by aerolite on Tuesday October 15, 2013 @03:52PM (#6555885)
isn't the hacker the first guy and the developer with experience the second guy?
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:ZenPayroll Is Not Hiring Hackers by jey on Tuesday October 15, 2013 @04:34PM (#6556122)
Nope. http://www.paulgraham.com/gba.html
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:ZenPayroll Is Not Hiring Hackers by pbreit on Tuesday October 15, 2013 @04:51PM (#6556228)
I thought the same thing, re-read the essay and am still confused.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:ZenPayroll Is Not Hiring Hackers by jey on Tuesday October 15, 2013 @09:37PM (#6557513)
Definition of "hacker": http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/H/hacker.html

A "developer" is usually someone who just codes for money, isn't into it, and therefore probably sloppy.

[ Parent | on HN ]