Good point. I guess by hacker I meant coder/programmer. Most of the articles here refer to programming or other similar complex problems.

Whilst BGP next-hops, OSPF neighbours and flapping spanning-tree can be a pain in the arse to debug, I just don't quite consider it on the same level as some of the stuff I read here.

Maybe it's just because I don't understand it, so it seems more complex than it really is?

I am proud of my work and I love my job, so I'm happy in that regard!