I'm not sure what the point is. That YC continues to use the word "hacker" to selfishly attract the kind of people who aim for billion-dollar exits instead of m

I'm not sure what the point is. That YC continues to use the word "hacker" to selfishly attract the kind of people who aim for billion-dollar exits instead of moderate returns? The author might be interested to know pg has written an essay on this. http://www.paulgraham.com/swan.html http://www.paulgraham.com/swan.html Anyway, if I had to wager a guess, I'd go with the Occam's-razor explanation that YC uses the word hacker because its founders identify as hackers in the original sense of the word. In fact, that hackers are better at starting breakout companies practically seems to be YC's thesis.