Use polls to pick interview candidates! (Score 1)

This is so unbelievably dull and useless. I don't read /. everyday, so I may have missed out on how the interview candidates are chosen. Do /.ers vote on these people?

There are plenty of assholes from whom I can learn what not to do, who not to be, and how not to live my life -- I think most of us know assholes from whom they can personally take away these lessons.

If the reason for interviewing this guy is because he got on MTV, or because he used technology to get a girl, or because he had a mildly interesting childhood, I'm just so disappointed. Why not interview me? I had a weird childhood (who didn't?)! I have slackware (but I don't KNOW slackware)! I could break into a computer (after reading the directions, of course)! But I'm not stupid enough to call myself a hacker -- I'm not even a script kiddie.

So maybe instead of holy war polls, there could be polls listing possibilities for the next interviewee. I am absolutely sure that there are tons of great hackers, project leaders, and other cool people from whom we could actually learn something. I don't know who these people are, but I bet the /. community knows enough names and backgrounds to have a much more interesting field of candidates for the next interview.

Personally, I would like to see some interviews with more hackers who've gone corporate -- or those who've made the choice not to.

So how 'bout it folks? Names and backgrounds of interview candidates?