I just get the impression that it's lost on a lot of people new to the industry. The industry use this aesthetic (for lack of a better word) to market itself an

I just get the impression that it's lost on a lot of people new to the industry. The industry use this aesthetic (for lack of a better word) to market itself and attract talent (as evident by TFA). There's almost a subcultural element to it. I've seen perfectly dull boomer engineers go away on security conferences and come back with stickers on their laptops and looking like Lisbeth Salander.