This is such an excellent point. In my life I've met all sorts of hackers. Hacking predates computing. It probably predates most things. Whatever it is, its the

This is such an excellent point. In my life I've met all sorts of hackers. Hacking predates computing. It probably predates most things. Whatever it is, its the kind of thinking that solves puzzles and can apply to anything. I've met woodworking hackers, cycling hackers, comedy hackers, food hackers, etc who don't give two shits about computers. In fact, I'd say IT/programming is something of a ghetto (long hours, hard work, seen as non-management, seen as almost blue collar, worry about uptimes/bugs/security, dealing with end users, etc) and the people who didn't get into computers are better off. If you're sharp go disrupt a field that isn't full of disruptors. You'lll have better chances.