Cutting edge, avant garde creative companies have for centuries been staffed by non-conforming people. We could give a similar description for the staff of our consulting company.
But we don't. We just use our work and our reputation.
There's no "historical disadvantage" for a company that supports the hacker community to be full off all sorts of eccentric, non-conforming people.
“ we sourced components, designed all of the hardware, wrote production test software, and organized all circuit board manufacturing, prototype manufacturing, facilitated large volume production manufacturing and logistics, and general project coordination. ”
