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Allow me to retort: Fabrice Bellard, Linus Torvalds, John Carmack.

• jmadsen 13y ago
  Pity...go to any job board, you'll see 50 of them needed on any given day Those aren't the "rock stars" hiring companies are talking about. They don't need & couldn't afford Linus. Rock star is just a label they slap onto the job description.
  • ak39 13y ago
    >Rock star is just a label they slap onto the job description ... ... often to arouse the ego of possible candidates. I can't imagine why any recruiter wouldn't see the deliberate attempt at patronising candidates when they advertise "Looking for a Rock star programmer." Oh, hang on ... I know why: appealing to and strongly arousing ego is one of the quickest way to get responses. The team matters more than the individual. Hiring with overt calls to rock stars is surely going to damage communication and collaboration with the current team.
• _random_ 13y ago
  So they are all self-employed. Makes much more sense than a salaried genius. Shouldn't we discuss 10x managers as well?