Hackers and Painters (paulgraham.com)

I thought it was submitted earlier, wanted to see discussions.

Most of the book is a recompilation of his essays so if you introduce the link of an essay in HN probably there is already is a thread for it.

See http://www.idlewords.com/2005/04/dabblers_and_blowhards.htm for an amusing counterpoint to PG's original post