A journey of a thousand miles begins with one step. In my anecdotal experience, the (wonderfully expressive!) word "hacker" has lost some of its stigma. Three y

A journey of a thousand miles begins with one step. In my anecdotal experience, the (wonderfully expressive!) word "hacker" has lost some of its stigma. Three years ago, if I casually said "I've been hacking all day" while speaking to normals, I'd get a strange look. Today, people seem far more likely to understand.