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plinkplonk on June 26, 2009 | parent | context | favorite | on: US Patent 5255452 (or: Why Michael Jackson was a H...

"you don't become a great hacker by trying to be a great hacker"

for sufficient intensities of "try" I would have thought that is exactly how one becomes a great hacker. How else does one become a great hacker?

voidpointer on June 26, 2009 | [–]

Think about the people PG mentions in his essay. Do you think any of those ever formulated the goal to become a "great hacker"?

sp332 on June 26, 2009 | [–]

Well, effort isn't everything. See Eric Raymond, for example.

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