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I've literally never heard a musician , mathematician or engineer refer to themselves as a "hacker" or anyone outside of computing for that matter.
by jiggy2011 12y ago
I've literally never heard a musician , mathematician or engineer refer to themselves as a "hacker" or anyone outside of computing for that matter.
- Kinnard 12y agoYou will soon. This itself is a hack ;)
- Kinnard 12y agoSee: http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/14/tech/innovation/music-hackers-unleash-instruments/index.html http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/14/tech/innovation/music-hackers-...
- AnimalMuppet 12y agoA jazz musician might easily fit the definition of a hacker, but still might be more likely to describe him/herself as "a cat who can blow".
- daveloyall 12y agoNeither have I, but I find myself recognizing hacker traits in musicians, mathematicians, lawyers, chefs, spangers, legislators, tech recruiters, modern bohemians, and grant writers. These are all people that reason about systems. The systems and the tools vary, but the process doesn't.
- jiggy2011 12y agoBut is it reasonable to term it "hacking", there's a certain arrogance in trying to apply one's own wording in a way that suggests a particular type of person (a particular type of programmer) as the ideal.
- daveloyall 12y agoWhen lawyers start coming up to us and saying "I see what you did there!", let's ask them what they call it. :) Meanwhile... Actually, the closest term I've come across personally is "systems thinking". (A phrase with its own splendid, storied history, by the way!)