The reason I bring it up is that while we as hackers may choose to only look at the accomplishments of someone as a hacker it is how they are perceived socially

The reason I bring it up is that while we as hackers may choose to only look at the accomplishments of someone as a hacker it is how they are perceived socially that matters to the rest of the world. As a hacker I also understand that social skills comes with the field. If I want to become someone in the world and I want to present then I have to have some hygiene, I've gotta be socially presentable. It is not acceptable for me to walk around in a banana hammock covered in dirt and grime and then expect people to still look up at me. There are two types of hacking, and they go hand in hand, hacking in the sense of accomplishing something great (whether that be technological, code wise, or anything along those lines) and social hacking. Any well adjusted hacker knows how to balance the two to make society believe he is a productive member and can be related to, yet at the same time bending the rules that society has set forth to do great things!