Not GP but as a 90s kid who didn’t learn programming until my 20s my impression is that script kiddies with cute hacks are a huge source of creativity. And maybe even playful tools, which I personally enjoy. Something about not focusing on deep programming or tech maybe makes it easier to just have fun and accomplish your goals.
I fear that todays kids are too compliant on everything; the script kiddie ethos at the time still wasn't primarily clear fraud, just chaos. Which, yeah, I think we could use a little of that now.
Not GP but as a 90s kid who didn’t learn programming until my 20s my impression is that script kiddies with cute hacks are a huge source of creativity. And maybe even playful tools, which I personally enjoy. Something about not focusing on deep programming or tech maybe makes it easier to just have fun and accomplish your goals.
Yup, similar to other comment.
I fear that todays kids are too compliant on everything; the script kiddie ethos at the time still wasn't primarily clear fraud, just chaos. Which, yeah, I think we could use a little of that now.
And I stepped up to being a software engineer from being a script kiddie at first.
I was a script kiddie, I exploited games too when I was a kid, and so on.
That's actually quite based