Rob Garrett - Blogs

I can tell from your comments that you are one of those guys that is only comfortable in a typical stagnant corporate environment where everyone uses politically correct terms for their sanitized conversations.

I agree that for you, and others like you, a job like the one in the ad you are using as your example is not the kind of place you would be happy - but trust me - the kinds of places you like to work would not be right for guys like me either. The thing that gets me going though is a fast-paced, seat-of-the-pants, getting-things-done environment. No doubt you are just of critical of "hackers" like myself as you are of this ad, but that's where you would be wrong because its guys like me that get things done - behind the vending machine at three in the morning if necessary - but that's the way it is - and always been baby, so remember us "hackers" are out there looking for jobs that need guys like us more than they need guys like you next time you feel like bitch blogging.

Doc

Erm, I guess you don't know me at all. I am not opposed to hacking at all, it has it's place like any other development approach.

Typically, in my experience hacking leads to badly engineered software (especially if you're hacking enterprise systems), but on the other hand, I too have spent a few late nights behind a vending machine pushing out critical code modules that "the management" were over-engineering. Never have I seen a job advertisement for a "hacker" though, and I can only think that Ontology's software is in such a mess that they need such a person to make it work.

I too get very frustrated with PC places of employment; in fact, I am not really liked in my current position because I tend to say things the way they are. Kind of why I run a blog that "bitches" from time to time.

If you truly felt that hacking at 3am behind the vending machine is good for the corporation in which you work, it should not surprise you that you're probably the only one sitting in that seat at that time, whereas everyone else has an office and works a 9-5.

I am guessing that you’re under 25 (not that I am far short myself). As you mature in your career, you'll soon find out that working a 12 hour shift occupying twilight hours does get the job done (if the job is brute coding), but pays you nothing in the long run. Wouldn't you rather be out having a good time with friends, family etc knowing that your 8-10 hours counted, rather than hacking for 15 because some moron badly architected the system?