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What's wrong with feeling good? I, for one, like feeling good. And the reason previous generations didn't need the word "hacker" is simply because computers h
by j_baker 16y ago
What's wrong with feeling good? I, for one, like feeling good.
And the reason previous generations didn't need the word "hacker" is simply because computers hadn't been invented yet. But computing is hardly the first field with this kind of verbal distinction. What's the difference between a reporter and a journalist? Or a painter and an artist? Or an actor and a star?
- nadam 16y agoI think programmers are special kind of engineers. We could call them software engineers. My feeling is that the word 'hacker' is invented to state that hackers are somehow more than engineers. As if engineers were dumb people without creativity, who can only follow predefined processes. As if there were no engineer geniuses. As if engineers could not be enthusiast and as if sometimes engineering could not be treated as art the same way programming can be. 'Hacker' is a romantic word some people use to describe _themselves_, not a word society describes these people. In my opinion this wording is not really necessary. There were/are/will-be bad/good/exceptionally-good engineers in history of mankind. I just have a feeling that 200 years later the word 'hacker' will be forgotten but the word engineer will still live. (This is just my feeling.)
- SapphireSun 16y agoThank you. I have trouble understanding how this is even an argument. Maybe the word hacker will still be around, maybe not. Being creative, academically informed, and practically skilled will always be around.