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That was only some CDC people. Many went on to sell out in entirely normal ways. Name me one smart hacker from the 80's or 90's that didn't get wickedly rich, a
by VonGuard 12y ago
That was only some CDC people. Many went on to sell out in entirely normal ways. Name me one smart hacker from the 80's or 90's that didn't get wickedly rich, and I'll show you a guy in jail. Hackers are worth money, lots of it, and experienced hackers, doubly.
Even the ones who didn't sell out got great jobs. It's just what hackers do, now. Besides, hacker groups are dead as a cultural phenomenon. Now, they're just Internet street gangs stealing credit card info and spreading trojans, instead of spreading thought crime and information.
- contingencies 12y agoName me one smart hacker from the 80's or 90's that didn't get wickedly rich, and I'll show you a guy in jail. This is a bit snipey. Plenty of us don't value cash as highly as the American culture-complex would wish us. (eg. Listened to any hip-hop recently?) Though, the majority did sell out... and pretty hard and fast, and in one direction: the US military industrial complex and its once-removed assets such as Google. (See latest Assange book if doubting...) hacker groups are dead as a cultural phenomenon Disagree. We've got more outcome-oriented collectives now, such as maker spaces and Github projects. This is arguably more to the point, and an efficiency improvement on idling on IRC for years on end.
- lawnchair_larry 12y ago"Name me one smart hacker from the 80's or 90's that didn't get wickedly rich" Pretty much none of them got wickedly rich. For the most part, they got a decent developer-tier salary at a tech company.