Hackers and Software Engineers

Hackers are cool. Described and celebrated by luminaries such as Eric Raymond and Paul Graham, they’re the self-styled “rock stars” and “ninjas” of the industry. Indeed, who wouldn’t want to be the next Wozniak, Torvalds, Carmack? Who wouldn’t give their right shift key for entry into The Guild? Hackers are min-maxers – working late into […]