This seems like your baggage not the author's; I'm not sure that she ever said what she meant by hipster. I read it differently.
"At SXSW, Rei Inamoto, the chief creative officer for AKQA, shared a nugget of wisdom that I’ve observed to be true: “To run an efficient team, you only need three people: a Hipster, a Hacker, and a Hustler.” - http://www.forbes.com/sites/andyellwood/2012/08/22/the-dream...
It was a colloquial way to get across the point that I couldn't code or design at the point I was looking for a role at a start-up.