The word Hacker is one of the most widely misunderstood and misused one within the IT community, and as in most cases with overloaded words of multiple meanings, this makes it really hard to understand its underlying philosophy. I have been asked a multitude of times many related questions, e.g. how to became a hacker? Which school should I choose if I want to make a career in IT security? What should be the next first step for me? What to do and what not to do? Alas, as with most things in real life, there is hardly one definite answer for them... This quick talk will make an attempt to clear things up from multiple perspectives and hopefully, by the end of the talk, everyone in the audience from rookies to seasoned vets will have something new in their eyesight.