Not at all. One interview was someone into rally driving and who was dreaming up HUD units in his car, to allow him to see his progress in real-time compared t

Not at all. One interview was someone into rally driving and who was dreaming up HUD units in his car, to allow him to see his progress in real-time compared to those who had already raced, and to report tons of sensor based info back to the press hut. Then there was the rock climber who wondered whether rope tension could reveal the likelihood of the tether point giving way. Good hires raise interesting questions and then set to figuring out the many ways to answer them. The majority of hires I've made are technical, but their pastimes are not generally "When I go home I code".