I just read the first 60 (out of 179) pages of the book - and I would've said that OP was characterised as a "Hacker." This is because a "Dabbler's" skill goes

I just read the first 60 (out of 179) pages of the book - and I would've said that OP was characterised as a "Hacker." This is because a "Dabbler's" skill goes back down to 0 in the short term, and this is not what is happening to the OP.