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Back in 2005, Chris Putnam needed a hobby. The one he settled on, a series of Facebook hacks and pranksincluding one that made your profile page look like MySpaceended up scoring him a job at the very company he targeted. So maybe GeoHot's just been after Sony's generous benefits package? Check out his full story here: [Quora via Business Insider]More Read More ...

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