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Lots of monocultures exist in hiring even without an algorithmic scoring system. That's roughly how every stupid hiring fad works, and how it's always worked, because most employer…

I began my career as a software engineer, eventually moving up to architect before going to cybersecurity full-time, going from Senior Analyst to Chief Analyst to Deputy Director, …

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As others have noted, that's a pretty broad question. Are you interested in the theoretical or the practical? Do you prefer a scrappy, creative investigation or one within the wall…

It's really not pretty obvious...says the non-degreed cybersecurity researcher at a major university in the US. The majority of academia is further behind in cybersecurity than the…

If I hired someone, and found out that they lied during their interview about anything at all, they'd be fired, period. I could not trust someone who lies during an interview to ma…

I'm about to go pick up my teenage son from school and hope he had an okay day. I'm in an angry mood, though. Lucas starts high school next year, and his middle school (what some w…

I would agree with you if NTP classic had fixed the total of its social and technological problems. Unfortunately, this is not the case. "Patching faster" is one small victory.

That's simply not what I said; I was misquoted. Please watch the original video. https://www.oreilly.com/ideas/the-internet-is-going-to-fall-... It's amazing* how many people here …

As a side note, I'd like to add a point that I highlighted in my O'Reilly Security Conference talk but previously forgot to mention here... One of the coolest after-effects of this…

I'm sorry if I wasn't clear, I meant "before they were disclosed to NTP classic or NTPSec". In other words, by simply improving on the software engineering practice, we eliminated …

In the case of Network Time Foundation, the nonprofit wrapper for NTP classic, the problem was largely mismanagement of funding. NTF funded Harlan Stenn's work on NTP, but funded n…

The specific measures that were refused, from the rescue plan that Mr. Stenn rejected and my notes from that meeting: * Moving NTP development from a private Bitkeeper repo which r…

I know what his side of the story is on that specific password. I don't think it's adequate, but... I also don't know that it's helpful to keep arguing this two years later. Casual…

I highly recommend that you watch my interview with Mac Slocum (video here: https://www.oreilly.com/ideas/the-internet-is-going-to-fall-... ) to find out what I actually said, rath…

This is pretty much what happened. We spent a few months working with Mr. Stenn, and ultimately he did not agree to pursue strategies to correct the underlying problems that caused…

It depends a lot more on her strengths and background than anything else. If she's the right kind of thinker, parlaying a polisci background into infosec isn't that hard -- there's…

I don't have a degree, and am not currently pursuing one.

Actually, I made it a point to explain that it doesn't have to be computers... "Even if they lacked computers, they were taking apart alarm clocks, repairing pencil sharpeners or t…

For my son, it was "Johnny Test" and "Phineas and Ferb", the latter being one of the most well-done bits of hacker/maker propaganda I've ever come across. Amusingly, all the scient…

"...increased emphasis on identity politics is off-putting to me...because it's shifting attention away from the interesting stuff - the stuff that makes tech fun and interesting i…

Recent bank reforms in the US created a requirement for any institution offering any checking account to offer at least one checking account option with no fees and no overdraft pr…

Ahh, but it wasn't magic...as you go on to say, the seeds were planted when you were young. "messing with radios and old VHS players" is a precursor to becoming a good technologist…

> it makes me think: this might be a problem. Is it harder to be a hacker if you > also have an interest in social media and graphic design and popularity and > friendships? Are we…

Sure, it might be awkward at first for girls who don't have a lot of experience in mixed-gender environments. If it's a friendly mixed-gender environment, the awkwardness wears off…