Become a saint to nerds after taking on a company that wont let you do what you want with products you've paid for
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ends up at a company that in no human decipherable terms owns your social identity.
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Who woulda thunk
edit: I think it's worth mentioning, I'm not decrying either he or facebook for their acquisition of talent, it's just an unexpected maneuver. Kind of like a physicist suddenly leaving his craft for the pulpit. Perfectly fine if he wants to do that...just sort of an "oh, that was unexpected".
I don't think it's fair to discuss any perceived moral problem around this. Facebook pays well and you get to work with some very smart people on a far-reaching product. That's a good job.
Facebook has tons of bright developers that other bright developers like to be around, and even if they're not all primarily motivated by the potential value of their options, it does create a self-sustaining black hole...
You have to give Facebook credit for actively recruiting talent. Probably overpaying and distorting the labor market in SV even more than usual. Surprised Apple wouldn't try to hire him.
He sits in front of me. I'm surprised the news didn't leak out sooner. He's a cool dude. I don't see any of the perceived threats hinted in the comments.
AIUI, Geohot is basically forbidden from working with anything Sony.
So to the extent he becomes an essential part of the security team at Facebook, I guess Sony just lawsuited their way out of deep partnership opportunities with the biggest social media platform to date.
[+] [-] iamdave|14 years ago|reply
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ends up at a company that in no human decipherable terms owns your social identity.
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Who woulda thunk
edit: I think it's worth mentioning, I'm not decrying either he or facebook for their acquisition of talent, it's just an unexpected maneuver. Kind of like a physicist suddenly leaving his craft for the pulpit. Perfectly fine if he wants to do that...just sort of an "oh, that was unexpected".
[+] [-] lhnz|14 years ago|reply
[+] [-] Jach|14 years ago|reply
What's with the anti-Facebook sentiment? It's worse than anti-Microsoft sentiments. Facebook does lots of cool stuff, a lot of it open source.
[+] [-] rowaway|14 years ago|reply
dude is a great hacker. facebook is one of the greatest places to be a great hacker.
a perfect place? no. but what place is?
[+] [-] sylvinus|14 years ago|reply
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[+] [-] jkincaid|14 years ago|reply
He hacked Facebook in 2005 and they hired him. From what I've heard he was one of their most invaluable engineers.
[+] [-] marshray|14 years ago|reply
AIUI, Geohot is basically forbidden from working with anything Sony.
So to the extent he becomes an essential part of the security team at Facebook, I guess Sony just lawsuited their way out of deep partnership opportunities with the biggest social media platform to date.
[+] [-] MatthewPhillips|14 years ago|reply
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[+] [-] unkoman|14 years ago|reply