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If you make millions by selling out against the hacker ethics or selling out your users, that would be pretty selfish and uncool.
by rndmind 11y ago
If you make millions by selling out against the hacker ethics or selling out your users, that would be pretty selfish and uncool.
- nostrademons 11y agoThere's a degree of Hacker Ethic in-between Stallman and Zuckerburg (who, BTW, is quite a skilled hacker even if he does take advantage of basically everyone he comes in contact with). Most people don't believe it's unethical to get paid for the fruits of your labor, nor to enter into deals with mutually-consenting adults. If you do, that's fine, but realize that's not going to stop other people from doing it, and if you live by that, somebody else will get paid for the fruits of your labor. The thread is about how to be financially successful as a Millenial: the best way to be financially successful, in any generation, is to work hard at things that other people value and insist that you're compensated appropriately for that.