Cross out the word "hacker", because it's become so used and abused that it's now a filler word; it means something different to everyone. Some people define it as "person who can write a computer program", some people use it in the Stevn LEvy sense, some people use the ESR definition, some people just use it to mean anyone who is unconventional. It has become a phrase that means a different thing to everyone who hears it, without even realising it; much as when a politician says "our common values", and everyone interprets it differently without realising it.

So tell us what mindset you mean, without using the word "hacker".