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The name reference is to "The Last Starfighter", an old movie wherein some aliens used a cabinet video game to find the humans with the greatest natural skill a
by logfromblammo 10y ago
The name reference is to "The Last Starfighter", an old movie wherein some aliens used a cabinet video game to find the humans with the greatest natural skill at piloting their space-combat vessels. If you win the video game, a robot is dispatched to the cabinet's location to recruit the player.
Naturally, Starfighter extended the premise that analysis of one's play can predict one's work performance to recruiting software professionals. Win the game; get hired.
- chrisseaton 10y agoI feel like they never explained what the name was in reference to. I had no idea why they were called that, especially when their only game was something to do with stocks.
- wolfgke 10y ago> especially when their only game was something to do with stocks. One of the two games/level sets was about stock market. The other one was about jailbreaking/reverse engineering.