My keynote on hacker culture, from a personal perspective. Updated in 2014. Presented at MHacks, the world's largest student hackathon, hosted at the University of Michigan in 2013.

1. a hacker’s life
MHacks 2013
@dugsong

2. about me

3. hacker culture

4. culture & revolution
1984 today

5. culture & revolution
1984 today

6. we reject kings,
presidents, & voting
join upjoin us join in

7. we believe in
rough consensus
& running code
– David Clark, 1992

8. open source
gift culture
win! win!

9. 1999: birth of the hackathon

10. 1999: disrupting the
music industry via IRC

11. 1999: disrupting the
music industry via IRC

12. 1999: disrupting the
music industry via IRC

13. hackers save the internet

14. hackers save the internet

15. hackers save the internet

16. systems hackers to valley elite

17. “software is eating the world”
– Marc Andreesen
WSJ, Aug 2011

18. startups as science

19. power in the network

20. startup coworking & community

21. all hands active

22. sharing geek culture

23. startup culture
adventure!!!
appreciation
transparency
execution
inspiration
challenge
attitude

24. how to draw an owl
1. 2.
1. Draw some circles
2. Draw the rest of the fucking owl

25. how to draw an owl
1. 2.
1. Draw some circles
2. Draw the rest of the fucking owl

26. a technical career
Chief Technology Officer
Pioneer
(Founder)
Principal Engineer
Mastery
(Master)
Senior Engineer
Leadership
(Leader)
Software Engineer II
Competence
(Practitioner)
Software Engineer I
Introductory
(Internship)

27. ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED
Survive DEFCON conference in Las Vegas
ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED
Speak publicly on the company’s behalf
levelling up

28. anti-patterns

29. startup feng shui

30. posse up!

31. posse up!

32. posse up!