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John Strand Jan 14, 2023

I wanted to take a few moments and apologize to many of my former students.

In the past I said the industry needs people who look at security as a vocation and an avocation.

I was wrong.

Have a life outside of this industry.

Have hobbies that have nothing to do with your computer.

Get outside.

The problems of the industry are not problems of people not working hard enough.

They are not problems of people not being "hard core" enough.

They are problems of education and resource prioritization.

I was wrong.

I am sorry.

Stop breaking yourself on rocks for people who don't really care if you break yourself on rocks.

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Anant Shrivastava aka anantshri

@strandjs Very valid point i raised something simmilar recently https://slides.anantshri.info/9fcZMH/keynote-my-2-paisas-on-infosec-world

My 2paisa's on your thoughts are
1. Its something everyone in the system needs to get. (not just new joiners, recruiting / interviewing person also needs to get this)
2. We all need to change our lenses from what extra you did questions or show us your free work questions.
3. Be realistic about job requirement. you want the team full of best malware reverser to ultimately look at if this bitcoin scam email real or not.
4. all of us need to understand like you are requesting people to have hobbies we now have people with hobbies and they should not be looked down upon.

Keynote: My 2 Paisa’s on Infosec World by Anant Shrivastava

I have delved into my experiance so far and tried to summon my internal thought leader and speak to all sections of infosec industries