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hacker = diy = punk = black flag?

The words mean so many things. It usually starts with being curious and learning how things work and then going one step further and using that technology in ways no one expected.

A programmer was never a hacker. Many hackers program but most programmers do not hack.

Just because you have been working in computers since 8 it doesn't make you a hacker. Taking something and using it in unexpected ways would need to be part of it. None of this matters without the right philosophy of curiousity and discovery.