IMHO, the thing that makes the post compelling isn't what they claim they aren't hiring (hackers, of course), but the detail they go into about who they want to hire.
It's annoying to me when job descriptions like "hacker" or "rockstar" get thrown around, mostly because they tell you nothing about what a company is actually looking for. If you're looking for a hacker, are you looking for someone who can conceptualize problems quickly? A person who feels OK editing a production database directly? Heck, most nontechnical people will assume that "hacker" is probably some sort of security vulnerability tester. The problem is that I'm only some of those things - and, frankly, nobody is all of them.
What's impressive to me about this post is how much time they spend stating the things that they do value, and why they value them. That's much more meaningful than the headline about who they aren't.
It's annoying to me when job descriptions like "hacker" or "rockstar" get thrown around, mostly because they tell you nothing about what a company is actually looking for. If you're looking for a hacker, are you looking for someone who can conceptualize problems quickly? A person who feels OK editing a production database directly? Heck, most nontechnical people will assume that "hacker" is probably some sort of security vulnerability tester. The problem is that I'm only some of those things - and, frankly, nobody is all of them.
What's impressive to me about this post is how much time they spend stating the things that they do value, and why they value them. That's much more meaningful than the headline about who they aren't.