Hacking

I watched a movie on it recently and it revived my interest in something I've always been curious about, along with the Usenet and BBS underworld of days gone by. So, how is a hacker made? How do you know about and use exploits in code or whatever it is you do? Where can aspiring hackers learn what they need to learn?

hacking isn't really about knowing how to exploit shit, it's just about knowing everything there is to know about something.  the more you know about something, the easier it is to exploit, and the more you exploit, the easier it is to get further in your quest to know.  it's more of a fringe benefit than a core philosophy.

the core philosophy of hacking is really just an insatiable quest for knowledge.  if that knowledge is behind a barrier, that just makes it all the more desirable.