Yeah, I feel it's more about earning respect than making a living. "I made $10k just for a quick hack"[1] has enormous bragging value - it's both a large enoug

Yeah, I feel it's more about earning respect than making a living. "I made $10k just for a quick hack"[1] has enormous bragging value - it's both a large enough payout for that, and it can actually be used without going to jail. Much better than actually bringing Facebook down. [1] It doesn't matter how much work went into finding the exploit, one can still brag about doing it left-handed in 5 minutes.