I like the article, and support anyone who wants to learn to code, but resent the increasingly frequent (and thus increasingly meaningless) use of the word hacker.<p>There is an identifiable and very real hacker culture and ethic. To me, a suit learning how to code and calling himself a hacker feels like a white guy going to his first sweat lodge and changing his name to running wolf. Congrats, now you've got a lifetime of coding, and hacking (two separate but related things) ahead of you. Enjoy the journey.<p>*Edit: More to the point, since I know YCombinator loves the word hacker... what I want is for you to treat it like the honorific it is. A gentleman doesn't call himself a gentleman. One does not call themself a sensei. I don't call myself Mister Zyphlar. Hacker is not in my twitter bio. Replace hacker with "l33t"; call yourself a L33t Coding Product Executive and see how long it takes for a chuckle of disbelief.