EA Canada aggressively recruiting using super-secret nerd language.

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Posted by junyr on 16. December 2003 - 21:45

Electronic Arts is attempting to steal away geeky employees from their smaller competitor Radical. Using a large billboard with the message "char msg[] = {78,111,119,32,72,105,114,105,110,103,0};"
(which translates to "now hiring"), the larger company openly admits it is attempting to siphon workers.

Full story from Canada.com

Close up of the billboard

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Submitted by Robblink on 17. December 2003 - 0:02.
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Challenge everything!

Submitted by dabitch on 17. December 2003 - 2:27.
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oh yeah!

(quietly murmurs)
y'all are gonna hate me for this but I do remember a recruitment ad for a gaming company, made by Ground Zero LA in '99 or so, that spelled the headline 'help wanted' (or something like that) out in hexcode... ;)

Submitted by CopyWhore on 17. December 2003 - 14:05.
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Guess this proves the old adage, "Know your target audience," (no matter how geeky...)

Submitted by James_Trickery on 17. December 2003 - 14:54.
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Yes, it's brilliant - even if it has been done before in hex and whatnot, still a great idea that works. Love it.

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