Hackers are an interesting subculture and, as such, they get a fair bit of attention from the media.
The idea of a teenager breaking into high security databases is fascinating and more than a little terrifying.

However, hackers aren’t all teenagers, nor are they all focused on breaking into places they shouldn’t be. In this article, we’ll look at some reasons why the general public can actually be thankful for hackers.
The White Hat Hackers.
The first reason people should be thankful for hackers is that not all hackers are fixated on breaking into your computer and stealing yourdata. In fact, hackers see themselves as a group with several subgroups

In addition tobe coming security specialists, "hackers go on to be star programmers and even found their own companies".
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg
, for example, is a self-professed hacker, but he is far from the only hacker whose programming skills helped launch major ventures.
Linus Torvalds, the creator of Linux was a hacker too, as was Tim Berners-Lee, the man behind the World Wide Web.
The list is long for the same reason the list of hackers turned coders is long – they all saw better ways of doing things.

Hackers Are Some Of The Best Coders

Just as many of the early computer enthusiasts turned out to be great at designing new computers and programs, many people who identify themselves as hackers are also amazing programmers.
This trend ofthe hacker as the innovatorhas continued with the open-source software movement. Much of this open-source code is produced, tested and improved by hackers.