Comments on: Hacker vs Engineer – Know The Difference! http://www.pchristensen.com/blog/articles/hacker-vs-engineer-know-the-difference/ Peter Christensen's Blog Wed, 03 Mar 2010 21:20:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: ankush http://www.pchristensen.com/blog/articles/hacker-vs-engineer-know-the-difference/comment-page-1/#comment-1331 ankush Wed, 03 Mar 2010 21:20:52 +0000 http://www.pchristensen.com/blog/articles/hacker-vs-engineer-know-the-difference/#comment-1331 i say that both are the same in terms of knowledge as in a hacker and engineer both know the same things programing both can do both its just which path u take and both are necessary engineers make software hackers find faults and both these tasks are equally hard so u cannot say that either one is more skilled i say that both are the same in terms of knowledge as in a hacker and engineer both know the same things programing both can do both its just which path u take and both are necessary
engineers make software
hackers find faults
and both these tasks are equally hard so u cannot say that either one is more skilled

]]> By: hareesh http://www.pchristensen.com/blog/articles/hacker-vs-engineer-know-the-difference/comment-page-1/#comment-1271 hareesh Wed, 27 Jan 2010 06:48:43 +0000 http://www.pchristensen.com/blog/articles/hacker-vs-engineer-know-the-difference/#comment-1271 a hacker can do a better program than an engineer ....why because only a hacker can know the loop-holes or mistakes in a program..because he knows how to destruct the program..and when he construct a program he doesn't make that mistakes.... apologize if my comment hurts an engineer (who reads this) a hacker can do a better program than an engineer ….why because only a hacker can know the loop-holes or mistakes in a program..because he knows how to destruct the program..and when he construct a program he doesn’t make that mistakes….
apologize if my comment hurts an engineer (who reads this)

]]> By: Scotty, Macgyver, & Doctor Who are Hackers » Victus Spiritus http://www.pchristensen.com/blog/articles/hacker-vs-engineer-know-the-difference/comment-page-1/#comment-1269 Scotty, Macgyver, & Doctor Who are Hackers » Victus Spiritus Tue, 26 Jan 2010 13:43:05 +0000 http://www.pchristensen.com/blog/articles/hacker-vs-engineer-know-the-difference/#comment-1269 [...] Peter Christensen does a good job of contrasting hackers and engineers. But my variant is a spin off of well known hacker/founder/investor (he’s multiclass) Paul Graham. Here’s Mr. Graham’s working definition for hacker: To the popular press, “hacker” means someone who breaks into computers. Among programmers it means a good programmer. But the two meanings are connected. To programmers, “hacker” connotes mastery in the most literal sense: someone who can make a computer do what he wants—whether the computer wants to or not. [...] [...] Peter Christensen does a good job of contrasting hackers and engineers. But my variant is a spin off of well known hacker/founder/investor (he’s multiclass) Paul Graham. Here’s Mr. Graham’s working definition for hacker: To the popular press, “hacker” means someone who breaks into computers. Among programmers it means a good programmer. But the two meanings are connected. To programmers, “hacker” connotes mastery in the most literal sense: someone who can make a computer do what he wants—whether the computer wants to or not. [...]

]]> By: betwixt http://www.pchristensen.com/blog/articles/hacker-vs-engineer-know-the-difference/comment-page-1/#comment-1153 betwixt Mon, 19 Jan 2009 11:14:40 +0000 http://www.pchristensen.com/blog/articles/hacker-vs-engineer-know-the-difference/#comment-1153 yes very good essay, i especially like the update2 yes very good essay, i especially like the update2

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]]> By: Nivi http://www.pchristensen.com/blog/articles/hacker-vs-engineer-know-the-difference/comment-page-1/#comment-307 Nivi Fri, 07 Mar 2008 03:10:20 +0000 http://www.pchristensen.com/blog/articles/hacker-vs-engineer-know-the-difference/#comment-307 I enjoyed your essay. It seems related to the difference between efficiency and effectiveness: efficiency is doing things right, effectiveness is doing the right things. A good engineer can be very efficient. A hacker with the right idea can be very effective. A hacker with the wrong idea is neither. I enjoyed your essay. It seems related to the difference between efficiency and effectiveness: efficiency is doing things right, effectiveness is doing the right things.

A good engineer can be very efficient. A hacker with the right idea can be very effective. A hacker with the wrong idea is neither.

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