Geeks' hobbies, and working at Microsofthttp://blogs.technet.com/kclemson/archive/2004/12/01/272804.aspxNote, that is different from geek hobbies . :-) Steve talked about techies having non-technical hobbies. This reminded me of a job I interviewed for a few years ago (in marketing - long story, basically I was tired of the death march to RTM [1] and wanteden-USCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)re: Geeks' hobbies, and working at Microsofthttp://blogs.technet.com/kclemson/archive/2004/12/01/272804.aspx#272871Wed, 01 Dec 2004 13:12:00 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:272871Gavintotally agree! <br> <br>having interests and hobbies outside of your main job is what keeps you sane and allows you to develop a more rounded personality. <br> <br>personally I would be more hesitant over the candidate who only has hobbies that are the same as their job - sure it depends on the role but certainly in customer facing roles, if all you can talk about is how the .NET CLR works, thats not going to be very useful.