Language
Language changes constantly, for better or worse. When was the last time anyone here thought of bird noises when they saw the word tweet; or of looking at something when they saw the word Google?
We do it ourselves. When I started, this field was called Data Processing, DP, and we changed it to Information Technology, IT, but it's still processing data at heart.
Right now, the best we can expect is a recognition that there are both bad and good hackers but that is only within the context of attacking computer systems or preventing attacks. What most of the coders among us do was called hacking but we've lost that term.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
