Or they read poorly if they read at all.
GO learn to read first.
If you can't read at a minimum 12th Grade level you can't be a hacker. Congrats, you are now a real hacker. You can read better than Evelyn Wood, you have a collection of tools that would make a Master Machinist and a Prototype EE or ME cry. You can calculate series and parallel resonant circuits in your head. You can fix any consumer appliance - if you can get the parts.