bashwizard

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by bashwizard 6y ago
And my comment was about temperatures in July.
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by bashwizard 6y ago
And here I am in Sweden where we've had the coldest july since the 60's.
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by bashwizard 6y ago
Seems reasonable. If you want to live with your parents until 30 and at the same time is one of the highest paid engineers in the whole world.
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by bashwizard 6y ago
I did not get a remote position. I eventually left the company though and started do consulting instead so I'm mostly working remote (and 100% at this point due to covid).
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by bashwizard 6y ago
What I can share is my roadmap how I manage to break into the field without any prior professional IT experience. 1) Linux. Learn it and live in it. 2) Linux servers and databases. 3) CompTIA Network+ (only for the knowledge, didn't bo
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by bashwizard 6y ago
It's a rapidly growing field that has more jobs than people. Meaning, at this point if you have a solid dev background and strong practical skills in security you're most likely going to make bank. While anecdoctally speaking, I k
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by bashwizard 6y ago
Why not try it out by start messing around with it and get a feel for it? But to answer your question: no, you don't. You already have more than enough prerequisites for an easier transition. https://pentesterlab.com https
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by bashwizard 6y ago
Get into security, specifically web app security pentesting. You'll thank me later.
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by bashwizard 6y ago
There are actually devs that can't touch type these days? That's quite fascinating. I can't imagine having to look at the keyboard while typing.
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by bashwizard 6y ago
I will most likely not renew my gym membership this year. I bought a few kettlebells in february and man, the type of workout I get out of those fothermuckers is crazy. And the time I save from having to commute back and fourth to the gym m
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by bashwizard 6y ago
Where I'm from it's more like: 20 - Nah 25 - WTF are you serious? 30 - Hey, look at this loser over here!
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by bashwizard 6y ago
I have no regrets of not going to university. I've never been asked about my education and during the time I was an employee I've always been paid the same as people with a degree and similiar work experience. So in my personal ex
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by bashwizard 6y ago
It's not. Running scanners and report scan results won't get you paid so it's a complete waste of time. Trust is easy. You either have a proof of concept and can show impact in your report or gtfo basically.
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by bashwizard 6y ago
The money. Nothing else.
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by bashwizard 6y ago
I've built a few pentest labs with AD and Windows VMs but that's it.
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by bashwizard 6y ago
Why would anyone buy anything from Amazon?
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by bashwizard 6y ago
And do you know what their CEO and board said as their defense? "We know and work with risk everyday. We know how to handle this" Crazy.
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by bashwizard 6y ago
What I find absolutely moronic is that a lot of employers here in Sweden keep their employees at their workplaces even though their work could be basically 100% remote. They keep saying "stay home if you feel sick or show any symptom.
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by bashwizard 6y ago
That's a great way to get people to use Unity instead. Which everyone already should.
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by bashwizard 6y ago
Oh it has just started. 2008 will be a fart in the wind compared to the shitstorm we're heading towards.
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by bashwizard 6y ago
Oh it has just started. The Buffett Indicator.
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by bashwizard 7y ago
Ah goldbugs and silverbugs. I've heard them talk about the economic meltdown for over 20 years now and how I should hoard physical gold and silver and how it will turn me into a MILLIONAIRE! I bought real estate instead post 2008.
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by bashwizard 7y ago
I've never bothered with the requirement of professional experience when applying. Still got interviews and offers.
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by bashwizard 7y ago
"First, you need good mechanical keyboard." No, you don't. "a) buy keyboard with blank keycaps;" No need. Just don't look at the keys while typing. "b) if you can't buy such keyboard (you really shoul
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by bashwizard 7y ago
Pretty sure productivity will go up. When I WFH I do nothing but work.
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by bashwizard 7y ago
A beginner in offensive cyber security/infosec is better off learning Burp and common web app vulnerabilities. In my opinion that is.
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by bashwizard 7y ago
You barely get two dinners for $50 here in Sweden unless you go for fast food which isn't an option if you're going to be eating out every day. A typical lunch is at least $10. If I'd eat out every day both lunch and dinner I
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by bashwizard 7y ago
Even if I charge $250/hour I'll still save both money and time when doing grocery shopping and meal prepping every sunday night. It's not like I'd been working on a sunday night anyway so I can't count those 5-6 hou
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by bashwizard 7y ago
Paywalls. I see paywalls everywhere.
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by bashwizard 7y ago
That also reminds me of when I regularly used to visit our local library after school (junior in high school at that time) which had these job terminals (win95 boxes connected to the internet through a fiber connection) for people to use wh

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