Hackers who got real jobs, by hacking

I always wondered if hacking could eventually pay off, or if it was like any other crime with an expiration date.  It would seem that for a select few their hacking roots had paid off.

Hotz is clearly a smart man and Facebook was smart to hire him, and while an argument can certainly be made for hiring gray-hat hackers, where do you draw the line? Sophos security consultant Graham Cluley has been one enduring critic of hiring black-hat hackers and has blogged in the past about the negative precedent it sets for aspiring young tech mavens who may not know the difference.

The thing with hackers is that they become good because they are curious about how things work.  This is a talent many high paid developers are not concerned with and that blindness is why we have exploits and a market to hire hackers to help make systems better.

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