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makemethrowaway commented on Ask HN: What tech job would let me get away with the least real work possible? · Posted by u/makemethrowaway

klipklop · 2 months ago

Literally this. For the most part this part of the industry is a fraud. They just run scanning tools and hand out pdf reports. Eventually some dev or ops team will say the reasons why they currently can’t comply and the cycle will start again in 6 months.

They literally do nothing and don’t even have to help integrate the security fixes. They just give reports. A sweet gig if you can get it. People rarely want to cut “security.”

makemethrowaway · 2 months ago

Won't they be on the hook if there is a breach?

makemethrowaway commented on Ask HN: What tech job would let me get away with the least real work possible? · Posted by u/makemethrowaway

develoopest · 2 months ago

I know someone working in Cyber Security, basically his job is to set a bunch of alerts for the client companies, all already predefined by a software, he basically sits, checks for new alerts from time to time and reports any issues, it does not require more than a 3 min investigation per alert or more work than to block the attacker IP in obvious cases.

I'm thinking of leaving my job and join the same company, it even pays decently.

makemethrowaway · 2 months ago

How to do the transition? Do we need some certs? Won't we be on the hook if there is a breach in the company?

makemethrowaway commented on Jank Lang Hit Alpha github.com/jank-lang/jank... · Posted by u/makemethrowaway

makemethrowaway · 2 months ago

Accompanying book: https://book.jank-lang.org/

makemethrowaway commented on Orion 1.0 blog.kagi.com/orion... · Posted by u/STRiDEX

z64 · 3 months ago

Trust with regards to...? Orion doesn't have any telemetry, doesn't force any updates on you, doesn't require any account. You can audit the application's behavior with standard tools to verify that it isn't "phoning home", etc., it doesn't need to be open source to do that, nor would making it open source obviate auditig the final executable anyways.

What do you perceive as the risk to "trusting" Orion in this case?

edit: Sandboxing the app also further reduces the surface area for "trust", though I'm unfamiliar with MacOS as a platform when it comes to that.

makemethrowaway · 3 months ago

It may not phone home now, but it can do it tomorrow, or it can in be enabled and immediately disabled in some minor releases. Even if people didn't catch those shenanigans immediately it will be evident from the commit history. I'd say opensource forces certain discipline.

Also there is point of rugpull, or the product is getting cancelled. Few people will step up to maintain it; atleast until most users migrate to a different product.

makemethrowaway commented on Gleam OTP – Fault Tolerant Multicore Programs with Actors github.com/gleam-lang/otp... · Posted by u/TheWiggles

makemethrowaway · 5 months ago

Is there any beam language that has regular 'for','while' loops and good OTP support?

makemethrowaway commented on Ask HN: In need of mentorship, career&life advice · Posted by u/makemethrowaway

caprock · a year ago

It's ok to be confused, and dealing with this kind of ambiguity is a normal part of life. I'll provide some ideas, but the real moves are always up to you.

First, it sounds like you're not being challenged anymore or able to really apply your skills to the fullest, thus the depression and looking outward for change. You have the right idea to look for change.

More specifically, look at as many jobs postings as you can for a few weeks and get a feel for what is in demand. Select a few that sound like fun. Then work backwards and make a plan to build the skills described in the postings. You can do that with personal projects, open source contributions, or side work.

As far as suggestions, I see two fairly straightforward options. First, as you mentioned, you could try a new language. Personally I'd suggest Rust as it's more interesting, closer to C++, and used in a broader array of domains. But golang is quite common and has some fun aspects. You'll get a feel for the domains as you scour all those job postings (try reading all the whoishiring posts).

Second, you might also consider looking for a more senior role with C++ where you are building something new. Maybe the maintenance and bug fixing is the problem, and you just need to work on the early part of a project where you have greater responsibility for creating and design. A startup will often take a chance on someone with less experience, so don't underestimate your qualifications.

Again, what you're experiencing is normal, so try not to let it get you down. Keep scouting for new and interesting opportunities. The market is kind of slow right now, so it's a good time for working on those those side projects to build experience while you keep searching and applying. You'll be ok.

makemethrowaway · a year ago

I really appreciate it.Thanks.

makemethrowaway commented on Ask HN: Career Advice for the Confused · Posted by u/makemethrowaway

lajt · a year ago

I would do a Mobile app. It has a lot of benefits:

- You control its release and marketing, so it's your show A to Z.

- You talk to users about new features and bugs, which is great experience learning how to deal with user requests.

- You can hook it up to a web API, or a free-tier AWS account, or Apple iCloud (if targeting iOS), which gives good experience for connecting to a web db.

- You can also store data locally in order to learn SQL syntax using SQLite, if you don't already know SQL.

- You create the icons, splash screen, screen captures for the appstore, etc, so it provides great UI design experience.

- It has a great developer community (at least iOS does, since I have experience there); people are very active and cool and fun.

You can develop a Mobile app on the side while keeping your current job. I did this and was able to pivot to a more interesting job space doing mobile. I learned a ton.

makemethrowaway · a year ago

Should I target native mobile(swift,kotlin) or something like react native, flutter etc