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From: ee161aok@sdcc13.UUCP ({|stu)
Newsgroups: net.college
Subject: Re: Where have all the hackers gone?
Message-ID: <115@sdcc13.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 26-Dec-84 20:54:46 EST
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Posted: Wed Dec 26 20:54:46 1984
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Organization: U.C. San Diego, Academic Computer Center
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Summary: on the negative side of hacking

>>
>>I'm an undergraduate at UC San Diego, and I have seen this exile here also.
>>The "fittest students" are the ones with the best grades, not the ones that
>>are the best programmers.  In fact, there is not really a class in how to 
>> ...

As an employer, the first thing I would avoid is hackers.  People who
have a fascination with computers tend not to accomplish as much as
those who treat the machine as a device to accomplish an end.

	The student who gets good grades has two important qualities:
		1) at least a fair understanding of the material
		       presented to him/her in class.
		2) the demonstrated ability to satisfy requirements and
		       demands that are placed on him/her.

	A good student can be taught, while a hacker has to be
negotiated with. Give me a student over a hacker anyday.

		steve ackroyd