[tomasienrbc]

A hacker that was 3x as productive as the average hacker in my company that specifically wanted 3x as much pay, as opposed to other benefits, as my average programmer would be suspicious to me. Great hackers want to be paid well, but they generally first and foremost desire other things, like benefits, control, respect, and a good working environment. Anything beyond the pay at which they become stable financially generally is of a limited appeal to great hackers.