From what I've read from NK experts: they intentionally and intensively create hackers. If you are a child in NK who shows skills in mathematics then you will b

From what I've read from NK experts: they intentionally and intensively create hackers. If you are a child in NK who shows skills in mathematics then you will be monitored and if you are good enough you will be sent to a special mathematics school, where you learn pretty much nothing else. After that you are sent to the one technical university to study computer programming intensively for years. If you pass muster then you will be shipped to China, from where you'll use the better internet access to do anything from steal MMORPG gold, phishing attacks or find zero days. It sounds like a bleak life of 12 hours, constant pressure to deliver and living in cramped dorms. So, a bit like Silicon Valley ;)