I don't know...a hustler actually solves problems. Nasty, gross, annoying, fuzzy problems that have no right to exist, but do anyway. Hackers hate these probl

I don't know...a hustler actually solves problems. Nasty, gross, annoying, fuzzy problems that have no right to exist, but do anyway. Hackers hate these problems[1]. I moved into a new apartment complex a few months ago from out of state. The landlord was going to put us into a different living situation than we contracted for. All our calls were met with a bland, "We ran out of room." Resident hustler roommate had a talk with them and they meekly knocked down a wall to make things right, and gave us a discount. Hustling has a very different set of skills than hacking. Hacking rewards thinking carefully and doing the Right Thing The First Time, where hustling rewards more of a shotgun approach. Maneuvering one's way past secretaries, remembering 10 acquaintances who might be talked into putting up seed money and calling all of them---these are things hackers hate to do if they can't accomplish them cleverly, and so they often go neglected for great products with hackers behind them (because no one else could be). I'll take a good hustler over an idea guy any day. If they're legit a hustler, they're worth their weight in gold. [1]http://www.paulgraham.com/gh.html http://www.paulgraham.com/gh.html, search "nasty"