Originally Posted by EvBladeRunnervE
actually, the good ones(the ones that actually find and take advantage of million line+ software flaws) are the guys who eventually get hired by Fortune 500 companies as software security analysts for 6 figures a year, so it definately isn't wasted.
Also, I bet there is somewhat of a notion of "fun" surrounding the whole thing. Basically, what is more fun, working a 80 hour a week programming job for 50k a year, or work at burger king and in the off time cost the world billions of dollars, and they choose the latter.