I read mostly because I find it enjoyable. I would consider a voracious desire to read and soak up knowledge a core tenant to being a hacker. Sure, we all nee

I read mostly because I find it enjoyable. I would consider a voracious desire to read and soak up knowledge a core tenant to being a hacker. Sure, we all need to get our hands dirty by doing things, but working in technology requires a nearly insane breadth of knowledge, and I just cannot imagine someone improving without lots and lots of research.