“Hacker” used to be a term of abuse, but like “punk” it was adopted by those accused as a badge of pride. Yowzers. Epic culture disconnect fail. Unfortunately

“Hacker” used to be a term of abuse, but like “punk” it was adopted by those accused as a badge of pride. Yowzers. Epic culture disconnect fail. Unfortunately, the rest of the article is equally misinformed. Hacker culture predates startups by some 30 years... it certainly did not appear as a result of Eric Ries' Lean Startup writings!... There could be some truth to the points this guy is making, but the post is too misinformed for the points to stand.