The New Hacker's Dictionary - Weaknesses of the Hacker Personality Go to the previous , next section. Weaknesses of the Hacker Personality Hackers have relatively little ability to identify emotionally with other people. Unsurprisingly, hackers also tend towards self-absorption, intellectual arrogance, and impatience with people and tasks perceived to be wasting their time. This bias often contributes to weakness in communication skills.
Hackers tend to be especially poor at confrontation and negotiation.
As in society at large, the intensity and duration of these debates is usually inversely proportional to the number of objective, factual arguments available to buttress any position. As a result of all the above traits, many hackers have difficulty maintaining stable relationships. Hackers are often monumentally disorganized and sloppy about dealing with the physical world. Bills don't get paid on time, clutter piles up to incredible heights in homes and offices, and minor maintenance tasks get deferred indefinitely. Hackers regard such people with contempt when they notice them at all.