alt Hacker NewsTheir brand has been associated with hacking-around and gaining advantage via rule breaking for a while. Didn't their founder application at one point ask "Tell us about a time where you hacked some system for your advantage?" At this point, I think everyone knows they're signing up for dark patterns and questionable practices when they get involved.
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Goronmon • today at 5:47 PM
Their brand has been associated with hacking-around and gaining advantage via rule breaking for a while.
Yup, this type of behavior is pretty much as I would expect and it's something I've seen since I first started posting here.
It still does.
> Please tell us about a time you most successfully hacked some (non-computer) system to your advantage:
I suspect it can be an excellent barometer of someone's:
- alignment in terms of pro-social vs. anti-social
- decision making under desperation
- "social filter": threading the line between 'interesting'/'compelling' vs. 'off-putting'/'concerning'
which are important signals for evaluating potential future C-suite executives.