Might as well mention an earlier paulgraham.com: http://www.paulgraham.com/gh.html http://www.paulgraham.com/gh.html ("Great Hackers") - here's a tiny summary t

Might as well mention an earlier paulgraham.com: http://www.paulgraham.com/gh.html http://www.paulgraham.com/gh.html ("Great Hackers") - here's a tiny summary that misses a lot: - Some programmers (using paulgraham's term) are orders of magnitude more productive - They're often motivated by the tools they get to use - They're also motivated by interesting ideas/challenges