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Why can't someone who grew up on hacker culture then go to university and learn engineering and theory? I think both are necessary to a degree. The hacker stuff
by hackuser 10y ago
Why can't someone who grew up on hacker culture then go to university and learn engineering and theory? I think both are necessary to a degree. The hacker stuff gives people an instinct and facility, but fills them with bad information. That's fine in high school, but not working on my project.
- godmodus 10y agoThe worst of the worst! That said, I am one. And I don't think I'm that bad. I code with security in mind, I suppose a positive side to IRC PTSD I acquired at 16! Uni got me into thinking about testing while I code, and DBMS + algo + opsys courses Didn't hurt either. The math though... Wish I was quicker. But being a hacker has a disadvantage there I think in my case. I struggled due to not paying attention to math classes while defending our irc network against floods and tinkering with Linux and bsd. Not sure where that puts me on the list.