We're talking about freedom in hacking abilities here. If you're severely financially strapped then, yes, you're restricted. No one is saying otherwise.
Might want to work on your reading comprehension then.
"We're talking about freedom in hacking abilities here."
We're talking about jobs, quite obviously, as a given from the PG quote that started off this thread.
Not ability -- of course if you have an ability for something you can work on that something on your own time, that's not remotely close to being under contention.
As for money, if you have money, you don't have to work anywhere you don't want to. Also not disputed.
PG's claim is the best hackers can work wherever they want. This claim is a fallacy. No amount of technical skill guarantees that you can get hired exactly where you want.
Instead, empirical evidence shows that knowing someone in the company is the most effective way to get a job.
"PG's claim is the best hackers can work wherever they want. This claim is a fallacy. No amount of technical skill guarantees that you can get hired exactly where you want."
Again, you're taking the "wherever they want" thing much too literally. I don't know if you're actually trying to make a point or just trying get the last word in, but judging from your other posts, you're just being pedantic.
PG is not saying that a guy like Peter Norvig is going to land a job as a neurosurgeon. But if there's an opening anywhere for anything that's even remotely technical, the probability that they would hire Norvig must be near 100%.
Might want to work on your reading comprehension then.
"We're talking about freedom in hacking abilities here."
We're talking about jobs, quite obviously, as a given from the PG quote that started off this thread.
Not ability -- of course if you have an ability for something you can work on that something on your own time, that's not remotely close to being under contention.
As for money, if you have money, you don't have to work anywhere you don't want to. Also not disputed.
PG's claim is the best hackers can work wherever they want. This claim is a fallacy. No amount of technical skill guarantees that you can get hired exactly where you want.
Instead, empirical evidence shows that knowing someone in the company is the most effective way to get a job.