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I picked up a copy of "Practical Malware Analysis" to get started with malware analysis and reverse engineering. One concern I have, especially after reading the VM setup chapter, …

I work there and today's been utter chaos. Lots of meetings with upper management and people wandering around confused. I came in to work in a new position in a new team with a new…

Sunnyvale, CA

I graduated from a UC and got a job at Hewlett Packard Enteprise as a software engineer doing security stuff. The first few months were rough, but I was working on cool stuff and m…

Off-topic: but I'm really happy to see an increase in reverse engineering threads here on HN.

Why do you say that?

How do you identify people who "can't code their way out of a paper bag"? What is it about their skill level that makes them seemingly incompetent?

There's a lot of video content on a lot of topics, but their content is shallow. If you want to get a deep understanding of something, reading textbooks and official documentation …

I have the best of both worlds: Eclipse IDE with a vim plugin (vrapper). Not sure why people choose strictly one of the two.

What makes you say that Apple is dying?

Software Engineer @ big old enterprise company doing security work. Side projects: None. I believe in having a life outside of programming. I don't touch code after 5PM. Currently …

Reproduce the bug. Reproduction steps/environments are usually provided by support engineers or QA. Look through log files for any specific error messages, and use grep to find whe…

To echo what everyone else has said, my feed is utter garbage and a lot of friends post stuff that makes me cringe. I've unsubscribed from the majority of my friends so now all I s…

I'm looking to buy an external monitor for my 15" MacBook Pro and use it as the only display. Ideally the monitor would be 23-24" for the screen size and cost no more than $200. It…

I'm taking several classes via Coursera to brush up on algorithms/data structures for fun and personal interest, but find it really hard to stay focused on the video lectures. I mu…

As a Java developer I rely heavily on using the debugger in Eclipse and using grep to search through files. I first try to have a solid understanding of what the program is suppose…

No. What I mean to say is, if someone claims to work at Google/Apple/Facebook/Microsoft, or a "cool" start-up like Uber or whatever else is popular these days, then everyone all of…

Do you actually go out and talk to people? The first thing anyone asks is what you do, followed by which company you work for. Watch people's reactions change depending on the repu…

I went to UC Davis but would frequently visit Sac. It's such a beautiful and laid-back city, and the people are great. SF is only a one hour drive away and Lake Tahoe is relatively…

I use a composition notebook at work. Every day I write down a list of things I'm going to discuss at the scrum meeting, a list of things to do that day, a list of goals for that w…

That sounds a lot like deliberate practice, which is an idea that's been around for a while.

How would this apply to learning a conceptual topic, as opposed to a physical skill?

Totally, that sound like a great environment.

I understand that you were joking, but I replied out of frustration because I genuinely want to find a group of people (outside of my coworkers) that I can make cool stuff with but…