I am almost guaranteed to read the post if it has something like that, whereas I sometimes skip
ones like "Application Developer II" or something lame like that. It's usually obvious from the rest of the post whether it's a phony HR ploy or a company truly searching for top talent (most of the time). And if so, I know that 1) they are willing to pay well, and 2) I'm going to get to work with other smart people. Sure, it's a cliche and sometimes abused, but so are lots of words, like agile, lean, software craftsman, etc. Just bc someone says it, I don't trust it 100%, but it's still sometimes useful to use it to convey an idea in a single word.
Ask HN: "Rockstar" job listings, yay or nay?
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Re: Ask HN: "Rockstar" job listings, yay or nay?
#52For me "Rockstar" is now a shibboleth. If you have to call yourself, your company, your product or your programmers "rockstars" then none of you are real rockstars. If you have to ask "what's different about rockstar's lifestyles compared to the small people?" then you definitely have no idea what you're even talking about. It's just like being called a "hacker", or a "gangster" or similar. You either have legit stre…
and if you're posting on a site called "hacker news", you are not a "hacker". Even people who wrote an single excel script call themselves hackers here (and are defended for it! I've seen it happen) EDIT: At this point in my life I'd be embarrassed to be called a hacker. So I don't feel ashamed being an impostor here.
The use of the word "hacker" in the title here is not meant to be a claim of superiority.