throwaway38475

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by throwaway38475 3y ago
Rings true to me. I am a third gen Texan and am planning my escape to Oregon or Colorado.
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by throwaway38475 3y ago
Background checks don't call your old boss. How would they even know who that is?
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by throwaway38475 3y ago
I worked in construction prior to tech and yes, the General Contractor or Foreman may not know the latest in framing or concrete technology, or even be good at specific tasks like drywall. But they understand the job, can do it if need be,
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by throwaway38475 3y ago
I don't think that's correct. Access to the fiber links or colocation in a facility is not only ridiculously expensive you have to know the right people (the cartel) to get it done. I can't just offer a crazy amount of money
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by throwaway38475 3y ago
Degrees are as useless a metric as bootcamps in my experience. I've done so many interviews in which a 4.0 CS grad can't sort a list that a degree from even 'elite' institutions doesn't mean much.
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by throwaway38475 3y ago
People have said Apple can buy companies like NSO for less than they probably spend on SEIMs in a year. But as soon as they do that there will be another startup doing the same thing. The company (GreyShift) that broke the secure enclave ha
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by throwaway38475 3y ago
They all do that. I've been in Offensive Security for 10+ years with several spent at FAANGS, and not only do they all have large security teams doing internal testing, they hire multiple contractors like Trail-of-Bits to audit every i
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by throwaway38475 3y ago
Pittsburgh! Cool working class people and the personal accessories are usually the local sports teams.
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by throwaway38475 3y ago
I live in Austin and I hate it here. I vote in every local and statewide race but it seems like it's getting worse. I'm pretty close to selling my house and moving to Colorado but as third generation Texan I feel like I'm aba
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by throwaway38475 4y ago
I work for a YC company called Coinbase and it is absolutely terrible here because of the C level execs. They are terrible at their jobs and from the inside, the org seems to be falling apart. I've noticed that since the layoffs there