This concept seems to be a very big misconception within the hacker community. Granted, a lot these kids who try this approach really do have some technical skills... they just don't understand that no serious company will be impressed by criminal activity; they will simply press charges instead. There are always stories (though few are ever proven) about "yeah, i knew this dude. he was 1337 and had so much uber-micro that he broke into the FBI networks... then they hired him as secret agent hacker" type of story. People need to realize that the corporate world DOES NOT WORK THIS WAY. They might impress their hacker buddies, but no one wants to hire a criminal. Just that simple.