[aerolite]

isn't the hacker the first guy and the developer with experience the second guy?

[jey]

Nope. http://www.paulgraham.com/gba.html

[pbreit]

I thought the same thing, re-read the essay and am still confused.

[jey]

Definition of "hacker": http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/H/hacker.html

A "developer" is usually someone who just codes for money, isn't into it, and therefore probably sloppy.