Constructive criticism: I am not sure yet another "how to hire a hacker" article is really all that necessary because there is no shortage of similar advice and I think all the characteristics typically listed in those articles how to identify and pick that one über-hacker with pinpoint accuracy are not really that much better than the pre-dotcom-bubble myth of selecting the one with the geekiest tshirt, simply because there is too much you do not and cannot know or predict or foresee in that situation. So common sense should dictate you are much better off relying on qualified recommendations from your people because they know more about the person they recommended, maybe they have even worked or studied with them - this gives them much more insight than you could possibly hope to get in your first encounter with that person, no matter how smart and elaborate your "detection mechanism" is. And this saves you a lot of time and money.

But on focusing on cultural fit, we certainly agree.

- another nameless derp