I totally agree with you, and to add, I think hackers are one of the most patient and passionate beings in the field of profession, professional hackers are always so serious and determined, though their chosen career or profession isn't something to emulate(this is for the black hat hackers), but I always draw some encouragement from them, a serious hacker can spend months and sometimes, years trying to hack a site or platform, all they need is to find the loophole, ones that is found, they never give up until they figure out a way to use that loophole to thier own advantage.
Sometime some years back, I've tried learning how to hack but I lacked the patience and resources required, and to be sincere, I love their enthusiasm towards their job even though most part of the job is illegal.
There are many white hat hackers, after all what better way to learn how to secure a website than by trying to break into it? The difference is that white hat hackers instead of gaining illegal access and stealing what they can they could ask for a bounty in the case they find a critical vulnerability for the website, now without a doubt it is a really difficult profession as the level of skill and knowledge needed to make any money as a white hat hacker is huge, but it is worth it, as bounties can easily reach five or even six figures.
Actually, white hackers exist for a reason. As far as I know, white hackers' main purpose is to expose the vulnerability of the website for its own benefit. They hack those websites that are easy to infiltrate to let the developer and the client know that their system and level of security is fragile and can be easily messed up with if they won't do anything about to tighten the security. These white hat hackers do not really mean to harm, but all they want is to help so that the security and privacy would be improved and enhanced.
I believe they are far much different than any hackers which aim to steal or destroy assets. There are still many organizations and groups made up of white hat hackers and they show time to time whenever they see something vulnerable especially on those big sites.