Those of you who worked at Facebook/Google, wouldn't he make more money by simply being L5-L8 at one of those firms?
But can he reverse a linked list?
‘Spiderman’ Hacker Daniel Kaye Took Down Liberia’s Internet
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#12Those of you who worked at Facebook/Google, wouldn't he make more money by simply being L5-L8 at one of those firms?
For us non-FANG ppl, what does L5-L8 mean? Are those cybersec job role classifications?
Even if he did get in, it seems unlikely that he'd be able progress beyond L5, after which leadership becomes more important.
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#13Those of you who worked at Facebook/Google, wouldn't he make more money by simply being L5-L8 at one of those firms?
I always think about this too (with people that decide to resort to this sort of activity..and any criminal activity in general).
The difference: you have full control over your destiny, power that you don't have to spend a decade earning..you just take it, and you don't have ask for permission.
There's also a thrill to it. Something you really don't get from a boring desk job..even for the likes of google and Facebook.
It's very similar to those amateur pedo-busting groups on Youtube. Why not just become a detective? Because you then have to go through all kinds of red tape and answer to an asshole boss when things go wrong.
Instead, you can play super hero for views and subscription numbers.
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#14>An Israeli/American-owned telecommunications company tries to oust the dominant Liberian-owned company in Liberia, using unsavory tactics meant to shame and humiliate the latter and its users, eventually hoping to sell out to a French telecommunications giant. Oh, and then they just straight-up hack/DDOS them.
I'd like to introduce the term "neo-colonialism" to the discussion.
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#15Actually hacker related stuff..
I'm going to break out my roller blades and watch Hackers this weekend.
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#16Those of you who worked at Facebook/Google, wouldn't he make more money by simply being L5-L8 at one of those firms?
For certain people, making money illegally is more fun than making it legally, even in spite of the risk.
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#17Those of you who worked at Facebook/Google, wouldn't he make more money by simply being L5-L8 at one of those firms?
He was making $10k / month cash for one botnet client alone. Factoring in CA taxes that's $16k+ he'd have to be paid at a regular job. He was making a lot more money than that from renting it to others and other undisclosed hacks. Besides, it's not just the money.
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#18Those of you who worked at Facebook/Google, wouldn't he make more money by simply being L5-L8 at one of those firms?
He was making $10k / month cash for one botnet client alone. Factoring in CA taxes that's $16k+ he'd have to be paid at a regular job. He was making a lot more money than that from renting it to others and other undisclosed hacks. Besides, it's not just the money.
L5 at Google makes something like $29k/month according to https://www.levels.fyi/
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#19Those of you who worked at Facebook/Google, wouldn't he make more money by simply being L5-L8 at one of those firms?
He was making $10k / month cash for one botnet client alone. Factoring in CA taxes that's $16k+ he'd have to be paid at a regular job. He was making a lot more money than that from renting it to others and other undisclosed hacks. Besides, it's not just the money.
For context L5s make 33k/mo before taxes. L7s ~66k. L8s are easily in the ~80k+ territory. The bands also get MUCH wider in L6+ land with lots of overlap.