hacking a "career builder?"

[rcgreen]

Computer programmer Varujan Pambuccian, a member of the Romanian Parliament, says that for too long, young computer workers in Romania have thought that hacking and writing viruses was a resume builder, the first step toward landing a well-paying computer security job.

He believes it is time to send a different message to young, computer-savvy Romanians.

"We are trying first of all to explain to them that nobody is hiring anymore hackers," said Mr Pambuccian.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3344721.stm

Blame some lame old hollywood films for this kind of thinking.

[moxnix]

Not only hollywood films, but the urban legends of hacking/cracking governement sites and then being hired by them to keep their systems safe.