How To Become A Hacker

Eric Steven Raymond

Table of Contents

1. Why This Document?

2. What Is a Hacker?

3. The Hacker Attitude

3.1. 1. The world is full of fascinating problems waiting to be solved.

3.2. 2. Nobody should ever have to solve a problem twice.

3.3. 3. Boredom and drudgery are evil.

3.4. 4. Freedom is good.

3.5. 5. Attitude is no substitute for competence.

4. Basic Hacking Skills

4.1. 1. Learn how to program.

4.2. 2. Get one of the open-source Unixes and learn to use and run it.

4.3. 3. Learn how to use the World Wide Web and write HTML.

5. Status in the Hacker Culture

5.1. 1. Write open-source software

5.2. 2. Help test and debug open-source software

5.3. 3. Publish useful information

5.4. 4. Help keep the infrastructure working

5.5. 5. Serve the hacker culture itself

6. The Hacker/Nerd Connection

7. Points For Style

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8. Other Resources

9. Frequently Asked Questions