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by j_baker
5527 days ago
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It sounds to me that he may be thinking more in terms of the difference between say an accountant and a bookkeeper. In other words, a hacker is someone who looks at the high level big picture while a coder is someone who just dives in the code and makes changes (possibly under the direction of a hacker). |
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I've always thought that a "hacker" operates at a higher level of abstraction and/or with a broader base of knowledge to draw upon (especially from unrelated fields) than does a mere "doer".
I think there's a need for both types of people in any large team, so one type isn't necessarily better than another in all circumstances.
However, in a small team (or startup) I think hackers are much more valuable due to their generalist nature. You can always hire code monkeys later to patch edge-case bugs and polish things up :-)
Disclaimer: I'm a hacker, so maybe I'm biased...