How does one get hired by a top cybercrime gang?

Post by [deleted] » Thu, Jun 17, 2021, 1:56 AM UTC

im_down_w_otp wrote: post #8

mwint wrote: post #5

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This doesn’t in any way downplay your point, I just noticed this sentence and it made me think: “The idea that you run into a problem and use Google to solve it hardly constitutes skill development.” It’s probably natural for most folks on HN to consider “googling problems” an obvious, basic first solution - but I’m always stunned by how many people in real life, outside of the IT industry, don’t have that path in th…

I encounter often the opposite problem where I'm regularly telling people who are flailing around on Google to deal with some unexpected problem, "I don't know, but you know you will? An Oncologist/IP-attorney/electrician/etc. Instead of using Google to find a pile of amateurs' competing anecdotes, perhaps you can use it to find an actual expert who can help you?"

Post by ghaff » Thu, Jun 17, 2021, 2:23 AM UTC

perl4ever wrote: post #118

ghaff wrote: post #55

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They're not really pyramids though. If you're a baseball player, you either make a lot of money by most people's standards, albeit for a possibly short career, or you basically don't make much at all, even if you can play in the minors. Law isn't quite so stark. You don't have to be at a white shoe firm to do OK (corporate counsel, prosperous practice in a smaller city) but a lot of lawyers certainly make pretty mode…

I remember reading, some years ago, about how lawyers who couldn't find work would be stuck doing document review, and they would rant on the internet about how mind-numbing, low-paid, and degrading it was. But they'd be stuck, because it was the only option to pay off student loans. I assume at some point the job was mostly offshored? It's one of those things that I wonder if people overseas would do a better job ev…

Post by _carbyau_ » Thu, Jun 17, 2021, 2:48 AM UTC

Post by Sindrome » Thu, Jun 17, 2021, 3:03 AM UTC

55555 wrote: post #126

In many of Krebs' other articles the criminals are men in their 50s or 60s, but this has never warranted a passing mention or any sympathy. Should she get a lighter sentence for being a woman? Don't we all want equity in software development and elsewhere? Until half of all criminal ransomware developers, and half the prison population, are women, it would seem we have a problem as a society. This is actually a great…

Post by caymanjim » Thu, Jun 17, 2021, 3:14 AM UTC

ipaddr wrote: post #72

cooldrcool2 wrote: post #68

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Most drug dealers I know just do it to achieve a lifestyle they wouldn't normally be capable of with their existing job(s).

Most drug dealers are doing it so they can smoke/drink for free maybe make a few dollars.