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Point taken. I agree that there are a whole bunch of marketers who couldn't have come up with this idea because they don't have a basic knowledge of how these t

• danso 14y ago
  You come from a limited perspective...you know both coding and marketing and some of the fundamentals (particularly of the former) are so grounded that you can't possibly imagine a layman NOT knowing them. But trust me, many of them don't :)
  • zwdr 14y ago
    I'd file that under "domain knowledge". Not only marketers need that though. If I am a coder and develop software that is used in fishing (and thus aquire knowledge about this domain), what does that make me? A maritime hacker?
    • danso 14y ago
      Well, to use your same line of reasoning...Not all coders are necessarily "hackers", right? Hacking connotes a certain ability to work from outside a system, to improvise, and to "break things" for good or bad, which is why various groups of non-programmers are considered "hackers", at least by HN's upvotes. Aren't these qualities needed by everyone? So why even have the term "hacker"? Why doesn't Lifehacker just call itself the "Life" blog? So to answer your question, I don't know when are where we should draw the line when assigning titles. I don't think there are any obvious rules, and in the case of growth hackers, I think there is a specific combination of skills and insight that isn't adequately covered by just marketers or by just coders.