&#62; "lame excuses like charity work"<p>Buzz off.  How is this at the top of the front page on HN?<p>Also, it's idiotic to to perpetuate the "rock star programmer" meme.  All the great developers I have ever known would never consider themselves rock stars, however most of the biggest assholes I've ever known did consider themselves rock stars.  As a developer, I'd never work somewhere that looked for rock stars, ninjas, or what have you.  It clearly shows they don't understand programmers and programming.<p>edit: language.