Great Hackers – by Paul Gragam
I found an audio presentation by Paul Graham on his "Great Hackers" essay. It was a great essay to read and surely rings true in many ways. Give it a read (or a listen), then encourage your boss to read or listen to it as well.
Audio streams:
I was just notified that the audio streams have been taken down as the website is going through some modifications. Meanwhile, you can still access the page itself and optionally download the MP3.
And here is a short excerpt from the essay to get you interested:
I know a handful of super-hackers, so I sat down and thought about what they have in common. Their defining quality is probably that they really love to program. Ordinary programmers write code to pay the bills. Great hackers think of it as something they do for fun, and which they're delighted to find people will pay them for.
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