The Hacker a/k/a MacGyver

Intro

The Hacker hates standard operating procedures. He looks at a challenge with fresh eyes. He'll question (sometimes incessantly) about what you're trying to accomplish, redefine the problem with ample room for creative solutions. Some may seem incredibly wild. Tell him what works and what doesn't; he'll adapt his solution--or even start over if needed. He cares not if it looks pretty (he breaks aesthetic rules too), just that it does the job.

Description: We live in the age of The Hacker/the lifehack: “this one weird trick…” the clickbait says. We’re a culture of the quick fix, the shortcut, the band aid …

We need to put him in his place…

Modus operandi:

Favorite--or "go-to" tools:  tool(s) TBD, though...

Strengths & Weaknesses (including a “kryptonite”):

The Hacker shows steps of design thinking (or at least most of them: perhaps the FARMer can add in, someone needs to check his work. the Hacker might not be client focused, so missed empathy and more thorough testing)

Gadgets/Tech:

Power limitations:

His preference for the new and novel extents to when the tried and true works fine. He’ll pursue hacks for hacks’ sake. He consumes “productivity porn” and he’ll try to prematurely optimize.

"Hand in Hand" w/: (works most / best with other FARMhands):

Backstory / origin story:

**From Paul Graham: “**To the popular press, "hacker" means someone who breaks into computers. Among programmers it means a good programmer. But the two meanings are connected. To programmers, "hacker" connotes mastery in the most literal sense: someone who can make a computer do what he wants—whether the computer wants to or not.

To add to the confusion, the noun "hack" also has two senses. It can be either a compliment or an insult. It's called a hack when you do something in an ugly way. But when you do something so clever that you somehow beat the system, that's also called a hack. The word is used more often in the former than the latter sense, probably because ugly solutions are more common than brilliant ones.

Believe it or not, the two senses of "hack" are also connected. Ugly and imaginative solutions have something in common: they both break the rules. And there is a gradual continuum between rule breaking that's merely ugly (using duct tape to attach something to your bike) and rule breaking that is brilliantly imaginative (discarding Euclidean space).”