How hacking helped me become Obama's CTO(medium.com)
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How hacking helped me become Obama's CTO
https://medium.com/backchannel/how-hacking-helped-me-become-obama-s-cto-c4895cac372e
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I would much rather read blatant publicity stories about Modest than these thinly veiled PR stories about the founder. Modest sounds like an interesting product.
Remind me: did narwhal work?
Remind me: did narwhal work?
That title may be misleading. It rather seems to be an ad for Samsung.
Does it bother anyone else that there is no page element that displays this person's name (if you didn't happen to know it already)? I mean, I guess he's supposed to be a big shot and everything...
Oh, I see, if I scroll down far enough I see he's "Harper" and he's "pretty awesome". Terrific.
Maybe I just don't get Medium. (And get off my damn lawn.)
Oh, I see, if I scroll down far enough I see he's "Harper" and he's "pretty awesome". Terrific.
Maybe I just don't get Medium. (And get off my damn lawn.)
It was a overcast day and Obama sat alone with a group of his advisors. They were to determine whether this young, one-time CTO who showed great promise would be a good hire. As they perused the resume, one of the advisor's eyes widened and hurried over to Obama. He whispered to him, "This kid was once and still is a hacker. He's been hacking since he was 12 and damnit Prez, he even claims to have hacked his resume and job application in an hour."
Obama looked off to the distance feigning contemplation, but really trying to remember if hacker meant good, bad, or both. In his head he pondered,
"Pretty sure both, but how did something bad turn to something good? Or was it the other way around. I saw that movie Hackers. 6/10. And wait a minute, can I go to jail for hiring a hacker?"
He smiled and looked around the room, "This kid was once a hacker. Can I go to jail for hiring an ex-hacker?" The advisors all laughed and Obama continued his serious thinking:
"Pretty sure hackers used to hack into things and so if this kid hacked our job application site in an hour, he must be pretty good at protecting from other hackers hmm... And moral move on his part telling us upfront or is it bragging? Is this what everyone does these days? Piss on your house and tell you you got a piss stain on your house? Maybe this is how the world works today. This kid is young and fresh. He knows what the people want. And if he knows how to hack, then who better to hack for than the president of the united states"
Obama finally addressed the room and confidently proclaimed "Hire him. He shall hack for the president of the United States!" The advisor who whispered the news of him being a hacker smiled turned around, and gave the air a fist-pump -- he did it. They all did it. Drinks and celebration would follow and all rested easy that night.
That's the real story folks.