3 ms·
hackers != software engineers. The meaning for 'hackers' is completely different when you check the hacking/infosec community.
by andersonmvd 10y ago
hackers != software engineers. The meaning for 'hackers' is completely different when you check the hacking/infosec community.
- collyw 10y agoThere are so many ways to describe "what I do". Hacker could be one, Software Engineer is my preferred one at present (as it implies a level of pragmatism I often see missing in the resume driven development crowd). Programmer, Systems Engineer. Database guy. Data Architect. I write / use software to solve problems.
- lgessler 10y agocf. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11563244 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11563244
- andersonmvd 10y agoThe thing is that as hacker is a cool word, people tend to become cool by bending reality. It's the same as renaming Ecmascript to Javascript because Java is cool. However I do believe that yes, having curiosity and passion to modify the inner working of things could be called hacking, the banalization of the term is something sad. Like a 'project for hackers'. Sorry, but you don't need to be a hacker to use it. If this project be necessary to accomplish something at your work, you'll need to learn the minimum, thus not configuring a 'hacker' way of doing it. Of course is somewhat hard to expect someone to agree with me, as I am at 'Hacker News' right now, hehe.