There are hobbyists who’s programming ability is lower than that of the average professional programmer. There are however also people who have historically called themselves hackers who’s skill at programming exceeds that of the average professional programmer. One example that was remerable to me was the guy who was giving a talk at the Chaos Computer Congress about how we was on vacation in Taiwan and because he had nothing better to do he cracked their electronic payment system that the Taiwanese considered secure before he went on his vacation.
At a good Hackerspace you do have a culture that cares about craftmanship and polishing skills.
There are hobbyists who’s programming ability is lower than that of the average professional programmer. There are however also people who have historically called themselves hackers who’s skill at programming exceeds that of the average professional programmer. One example that was remerable to me was the guy who was giving a talk at the Chaos Computer Congress about how we was on vacation in Taiwan and because he had nothing better to do he cracked their electronic payment system that the Taiwanese considered secure before he went on his vacation.
At a good Hackerspace you do have a culture that cares about craftmanship and polishing skills.