On: At Odds: Hackers at Harvard

[joelgrus]

Expecting Harvard to teach you how to be a hacker is about as far from the hacker mindset as you can get.

[evangastman → joelgrus]

Clarify, please?

[joelgrus → evangastman]

In my mind the "hacker mindset" is something along the lines of

"I want to do X, so I'm going to go off and do whatever it takes to figure out how to do X".

Not

"I'm going to complain that no one is teaching me how to do X".

[rys → evangastman]

It's not something that can be taught. It's an instinct.