I am with you but unfortunately the sense of "hacker" here is closer to what it is in "hackaton". A "hackaton" is an event where ivy league students compete to

I am with you but unfortunately the sense of "hacker" here is closer to what it is in "hackaton". A "hackaton" is an event where ivy league students compete to write sloppy code using APIs from different corporations. They also get branded t-shirts and free redbull (paid by said corporations).