most hackers do the following (from my knowledge of my friends) - devalue their self-worth (I can't really charge $200 for 15min of my work right?) - waste thei

most hackers do the following (from my knowledge of my friends) - devalue their self-worth (I can't really charge $200 for 15min of my work right?) - waste their time on things they find intriguing (solving problems not many have), that aren't ultimately profitable - coast through easy non-challenging jobs which leaves them w/less time to strike out on their own. - lack of business acumen (business acumen != tech acumen) I have a brilliant friend who is helping his friends work on a potentially dead end project because "I don't have anything else to work on" you also forget these outliers have other factors helping them: solving common problems, existing connections (gates + IBM connection), etc.