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Ask HN: How do the best hackers learn their craft?

by ggr2342 on 6/17/23, 4:13 AM with 2 comments

I was watching this video by a CMU Professor: https://youtu.be/6vj96QetfTg

and was wondering why this kind of learning is not encouraged by more and more schools. This seems so fruitful in terms of learning concepts and making them rememberable by attaching them to certain stories and contexts rather than learning in classroom lecture styles.

What do you think?

  • by 8chanAnon on 6/17/23, 5:17 AM

    I don't like that the term "hacking" has become so tightly associated with the act of system penetration. Breaking passwords and finding weaknesses in a network seems like exciting stuff when it is glamourized by Hollywood but the activity itself is actually pretty dull and time-consuming, not to mention possibly criminal. For my part, I'm not terribly excited by the prospect of spending months or years learning how to solve puzzles.

    When we talk about doing extraordinary things with computers, why does the conversation have to be about the people who break stuff instead of the people who make stuff?

  • by Quinzel on 6/17/23, 7:23 AM

    Thanks for sharing that! I think that is a brilliant way to identify and attract potential talent.