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April 17, 1997 - $35,000/yr
No joke I still remember the exact details. That was the day I started my first salaried job as a programmer. I had no degree (I was enrolled in a Computer Science program at Marquette University), no real documented dev experience.
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No joke I still remember the exact details. That was the day I started my first salaried job as a programmer. I had no degree (I was enrolled in a Computer Science program at Marquette University), no real documented dev experience.
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All of what I knew of programming was self-taught and a little theory from my course work that I had only just begun that semester. BASIC, Visual C++, and a little bit of VB.
I got hired to write code for a home banking and billpay application. It was the dot com era.
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I got hired to write code for a home banking and billpay application. It was the dot com era.
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Programmers were in high demand. The company that hired me provided banking software as a service (we called it a service bureau back then) to banks across the country. Consumers nationwide relied on the systems I maintained to manage their accounts and to pay their bills.
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I'm angry this morning. Truly angry with myself.
I don't come from money. Growing up, we weren't poor, but near the bottom of the 80's middle class. I always dreamed of being in a better financial position than my parents, but swore I wouldn't forget where I came from.
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I don't come from money. Growing up, we weren't poor, but near the bottom of the 80's middle class. I always dreamed of being in a better financial position than my parents, but swore I wouldn't forget where I came from.
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My first child (of 3) came when I was 17. Married at 21, I lived through nearly two decades of overdrawn bank accounts, maxed out credit cards, collection calls and threats of lawsuits.
Ultimately, we were fortunate. Never had a night where I couldn't scrounge
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Ultimately, we were fortunate. Never had a night where I couldn't scrounge
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something together for dinner. I have my family to thank for much of that.
So why I am I giving you this walk through Alyssa's past? Well because now in my 40's I'm in a position that I dreamed of as a child. Financially, while not rich by today's standards, I am in
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So why I am I giving you this walk through Alyssa's past? Well because now in my 40's I'm in a position that I dreamed of as a child. Financially, while not rich by today's standards, I am in
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A 🧵 about tech interviews:
The technical interview is one of the most contentious aspects of the recruiting process IMHO. Hiring managers and orgs don't always handle it well and candidates get beat up with anxiety from the process. So how do we make it better?
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The technical interview is one of the most contentious aspects of the recruiting process IMHO. Hiring managers and orgs don't always handle it well and candidates get beat up with anxiety from the process. So how do we make it better?
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When I interviewed for my role at @Snyksec, I thought I bombed my tech interview. Benji asked me a couple questions about concepts I had never heard of before.
I admitted I didn't know the answer, but then shared a bit of logical deduction based on the terms as to what
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I admitted I didn't know the answer, but then shared a bit of logical deduction based on the terms as to what
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I thought they may mean. I was sure I had really messed up. However, I got an offer and shortly after I started I found out he thought I did very well and actually had recommended hiring me based off the interview. He told me he liked how I thought about things and that I was
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So I really want @ECCouncil to understand the damage they've done (a thread):
1. People who proudly achieved certifications are now disavowing and not renewing those certifications because of the shady practices of the org that provided those certs. All that hard work, lost.
1. People who proudly achieved certifications are now disavowing and not renewing those certifications because of the shady practices of the org that provided those certs. All that hard work, lost.
2. People who won awards from your org are now renouncing those awards because they don't want to be associated with the practices of a company like @ECCouncil. These were accomplishments they should be able to be proud of that you've ruined.
3. Organizations and universities who've built educational programs and partnerships are being forced to review and potentially change their entire approach because they can't count on the integrity of @ECCouncil's materials.
OK my last tweet (ok a thread) on the whole EC-Council fiasco for the night. They've shut down their blog and someone already congratulated me.
Let me be clear, I am not happy and I am not celebrating. This is not a win. There are only losers here. EC-Council loses for
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Let me be clear, I am not happy and I am not celebrating. This is not a win. There are only losers here. EC-Council loses for
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the obvious reasons.
However, our community loses as well. This whole thing sows distrust between practitioners and all of the educational and certification orgs we place our trust in.
Content creators lose as we realize we have to take exceptional measures to protect
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However, our community loses as well. This whole thing sows distrust between practitioners and all of the educational and certification orgs we place our trust in.
Content creators lose as we realize we have to take exceptional measures to protect
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our works and their copyrights.
Ultimately, I hate this whole thing. I hate that it has robbed us all of so much. I hate that the effort I put into helping EC-Council in April turned out to be a waste.
I don't know where this is headed next, but no, I am not celebrating
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Ultimately, I hate this whole thing. I hate that it has robbed us all of so much. I hate that the effort I put into helping EC-Council in April turned out to be a waste.
I don't know where this is headed next, but no, I am not celebrating
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Let's be crystal clear about this. If your first reaction to survivors of sexual predators is skepticism or questioning, you're literally supporting and enabling sexual predators everywhere.
Here's the thing. Sexual predators pick their targets deliberately. They look for 1/
Here's the thing. Sexual predators pick their targets deliberately. They look for 1/
people they can manipulate or control. Most often this is due to a power dynamic in their relationship with their victim and they use fear and shame as tools.
When you question survivors, when you speculate or attack them in public discourse, you play right into what these 2/
When you question survivors, when you speculate or attack them in public discourse, you play right into what these 2/
predators are looking for. You create the very tools they use to keep their victims quiet. And victims that are too afraid or ashamed to report are what allow a Denver public school employee to rape 62 high-school aged girls, or a film producer to harass and/or assault 3/
On #IWD2021 let's talk about the reality of women's experience in the professional world:
1. According to study after study, women are consistently paid less than men for doing the same job. WOC make even less than their underpaid white women counterparts.
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1. According to study after study, women are consistently paid less than men for doing the same job. WOC make even less than their underpaid white women counterparts.
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2. Numerous studies have shown that in promotions, men are considered based on their potential to do the job while women are evaluated on whether they've already demonstrated the skills of the job (I've experienced this myself)
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3. Women are consistently assumed to have lesser technical expertise than their male peers.
4. Women are far more likely to be interrupted during meetings and have their opinions minimized or ignored.
5. Women with tattoos are more harshly judged for them than men.
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4. Women are far more likely to be interrupted during meetings and have their opinions minimized or ignored.
5. Women with tattoos are more harshly judged for them than men.
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I know it's easy to hop on the bandwagon of shaming #infosec in Healthcare given the ransomware news over the last two days. But please before you decide to blast your theory on how healthcare is lazy, uncommitted, etc. to security, take a few moments to consider their risk 1/
models and the unprecedented level of complexity they have to deal with in terms of technology and threats. We know the challenges of ICS systems that are built once and typically can't be easily upgraded as vulnerabilities are discovered. This is 10x worse when it comes to 2/
medical devices. Now add in the complexities of EMR systems which are managing vast amounts of disparate forms of data. Far more complex than even what we see in financial services. But the complexity doesn't end there. Consider the crazy networking infrastructures needed to 3/
The more I think about this tweet, the angrier I get. This does not help your case @TwitterComms. This says not only did your training set and the team creating this model lack sufficient diversity, but apparently so did the team testing it. What makes me angry however is 1/
that this is not the first, tenth or even hundredth time we've seen models fail like this. It's talked about widely in the tech space. Yet somehow @Twitter ignored all the discussions about how to avoid these biases and instead went with pre-delivery testing as the solution 2/
With #IStandWithJKRowling trending as she returns an award she didn't deserve, it's important to point out a few things.
1. Her whole premise is based on the faulty logic that allowing trans people to pee and poop in the bathroom that matches their gender somehow erases sex. 1/
1. Her whole premise is based on the faulty logic that allowing trans people to pee and poop in the bathroom that matches their gender somehow erases sex. 1/
2. She, like those who say #IStandWithJKRowling, reference 1950's science in their argument, while ignoring 70 years of deeper investigation that has discovered many of the realities of gender vs body sex characteristics. 2/
3. Nothing in her rhetoric, or that of the #IStandWithJKRowling crowd who claim not to be transphobic, ever once seeks to open a dialogue focused on solutions. Instead it's always focused on telling others what they can and can't do with their own bodies. 3/
Let's talk apathy for a moment. We bemoan users for it. We see the issue with it, yet as #infosec folks who know better, we participate in it. I've been seeing this trend in our community. It was particularly visible when the TikTok privacy concerns were brought to light. 1/
On one extreme, you had those that over-reacted and sensationalized it, agreed. But on the other, you had this weird reaction of "Well it's no worse than what FB, Twitter, and others do." I have two issues with this response. First, it flippantly and irresponsibly 2/
dismisses the unique nature of what and how they gathered the info. Second, since when to we as security folks say "Well everyone's doing it so don't worry about it"? I'm seeing this occurring more and more every time there is news of a privacy breach. I'm even starting to 3/
Been a thread going today on the "talent shortage" in #infosec. We've talked about HR, Hiring Managers, Orgs having unrealistic hiring goals, bad job desc., etc. However it's time for some real talk on an issue that is reducing the number of EXPERIENCED professionals in the 1/
market. It's an uncomfortable conversation but one that cannot be ignored (although I know now as I bring this up, there will be those that claim it doesn't happen). The fact is, we as a community continue to drive people away. You know where I'm going, this industry continues 2/
to push out members of underrepresented groups. Some of this is done with very aggressive, overt, tactics. Some of it is more subtle but still very intentional. And in some cases it's simply systemic and we participate in it by our failure to acknowledge and work against those 3/
