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This is distasteful. Every tech geek on the planet is trying to sound authoritative; I get that. Everyone wants to present themselves as a master of some sort. But self-praise is no praise.

The Hacker's Path? To write such an article, you have to basically call yourself a hacker, and good enough to know _the_ path and to inspire others to follow you. Hubris.

Most of us have mastered a few things, and are trying new things regularly. We're all beginners, we're all masters.



Caminante, no hay camino / Se hace camino al andar

The indefinite article would've been a more appropriate choice for the title, but that's true of any generalization.




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