> I don't agree. Interest in doing a good job (i.e. work ethic) usually correlates with this I wasn't expressing a 1:1 relationship. I also expressed an examp

> I don't agree. Interest in doing a good job (i.e. work ethic) usually correlates with this I wasn't expressing a 1:1 relationship. I also expressed an example where this wasn't the case: interest in the position and the work we do, but not a personal interest outside of work. > Your statement implies a team that is interested in tehcnology for technology's sake rather than as a tool to solve a business problem. I just happen to be a hacker that was hired by a business. That wasn't why I was hired---I was hired because of certain qualities that so happen to be a consequence of my being a hacker, and because of fundamental interest in certain topics (which also included side projects). I'm certainly not interested in technology for technology's sake: I'm the author of a large system on which one of the core parts of my company (the company I work for, not a company I own) is based (raters for an insurance agency), and it was made using practical, business-conscious decisions. My coworker (he doesn't identify as a hacker) is Technical Director.