I do not call myself a "hacker" because I choose to call myself a computer programmer.

As a programmer, I must stay tuned with the current trends and exploits to prevent my web applications from being tampered with my malicious users so I know how to program against this sort of thing.

The Hack Me contest was great because I completed all of the challenges but it reassures me that my code I write is even more secure because all those methods aren't able to be used against my websites.

Thanks for the Hack Me contest and I can't wait until the intermediate and expert sections are available.