Hacker problem solving

As pointed out, a hacker is the self-referential dedication in dealing with technology. They show enthusiasm for the fun of hacking for solving problems that are purely practical considerations. A hacker enjoys the intellectual challenge of creatively overcoming or circumventing limitations too.

In addition to the usual use of technology it is about trying and developing, reviewing technique and even including a manner for which it was not originally planned or developed as an integral feature of their culture. This refers to hardware as well as software.

In the hacker culture, a hacker is generally a person who has attained a certain social status by their identification with the cultural values and by possession of sufficient skills at an adequate level of social recognition (apt quotation from Eric S. Raymond’s “How to become a Hacker.”

The cooperation among them within each scene is a further social part of the hacker culture. A reference for the self-image of the hacker scene is the hacker ethic, which shows their value. Everyone should be able to see how the world works and no one should ever be forced to reinvent the wheel for a second time. The hacker ethic, however, can involve different priorities for each sub-culture.

As an example of a boundary, the term ‘hacker’ is called so by Boris Grondahl in his book “Hackers” the US-American entrepreneur and programmer Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft.

This is from his childhood as an almost fanatical Computer fan. Even his outward appearance of a pale, bespectacled person meets the hacker stereotype. According to Grondahl he is still not a hacker, because he lacks the social component of the hackers existence.