The answer is that the "hacker ethos" is just a masquerade with SV in order to try to persuade other professionals and conditon them to approve of such behavior

The answer is that the "hacker ethos" is just a masquerade with SV in order to try to persuade other professionals and conditon them to approve of such behavior and participate. Sure there's money at play, but the hacker ethos espoused by many SV startups and companies is lip service to appeal to potential candidates and vocal members of a said community. It's marketing, and regrettably people eat it up while thinking they're above such chicanery and tricks.