"Dignifies work done by developers?" Hmm. No. Not really. I don't think "hacker" ever much meant this at all; mostly because "hacker" never actually was much

"Dignifies work done by developers?" Hmm. No. Not really. I don't think "hacker" ever much meant this at all; mostly because "hacker" never actually was much connected to "labor for money." "Going to work" and "being a hacker" were overwhelmingly mutually exclusive. Hacking was what you don't do on company time (in favor of the company.)