This apparently worked pretty well for him, as I still remember him primarily as "that guy who hacked PS3". Some people let someone else do the hard technical core, then do all the other easy but boring stuff and claim 100% credit.
I remember geohot as being one of the people who developed a fairly successful jailbreak for iPhone. I understand that iPhone jailbreaking is often standing on the shoulders of predecessors, but I believe he does deserve significant credit for at least one popular iPhone jailbreak.
