Some @pancakescon updates:

  • Our Call for Papers is open, currently.

  • Call for Villages is open - we are looking for great infosec-adjacent educational programs to run in tandem with the conference talks, such as car hacking, making, resume reviews, ham, lockpicking, etc. Anything that can be run virtually during the day of 3/19. You can also submit social events.

You can find both submission forms on Slack and https://pancakescon.com

  • Call for Volunteers will open today in our Slack

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@hacks4pancakes @pancakescon I'm going to apply for a practice job interview village.

Is anyone interested in volunteering with me to help folks practice for job interviews?: We'd give 15 minutes to each interview. 2-3 minutes to review a job description someone sends us. The remaining time is for the interview and feedback.

Looking for folks who can provide honest, though respectful feedback.

@gnugro @hacks4pancakes @pancakescon I am interested as well. Had a great time doing similar at @BlueTeamCon

@jkuemerle @hacks4pancakes @pancakescon @BlueTeamCon Is it okay if I DM you here on Mastodon?

Also, I want to know where I can get that shirt you're wearing in your profile pic.

@gnugro :) not a shirt, that is my Ravenclaw robe that I wear for my Defense Against the Dark Arts talks as well as at other events https://proftalon.smugmug.com/Hogwarts/2914-summer/i-VKHjcM6/A
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@gnugro @hacks4pancakes @pancakescon I'd be happy to run a few interviews.
@pletsch Hey Andrew, is it okay if I DM you here regarding helping with practice interviews?
@gnugro @hacks4pancakes @pancakescon I'm willing to help.
@ThomM Is it okay if I DM you here on Mastodon?
@gnugro sure and then we can take it to another channel
@gnugro @hacks4pancakes @pancakescon Happy to help as well. I've been a hiring manager multiple times over my career, so can do mock interviews or resume review.

@gnugro @hacks4pancakes @pancakescon

For it to really be effective, don't you need some *asshole* interviewers for realism, to toughen the interviewee up?

Like, "On this whiteboard, write fizzbuzz in PDP-11 assembly."

Or "I see this 11-month gap in your resume. Was this due to a biological or emotional failure on your part?"

@gnugro @hacks4pancakes @pancakescon Would be happy to offer up my time for this.
@bequietkevin Sorry I missed your notification. Is it okay if I DM you here?
@gnugro yep no worries. I just saw this myself!
@hacks4pancakes @pancakescon wish I was good enough at anything to present/help. Need volunteers for anything non-presenting?
@rottedmood @pancakescon we do have a call for volunteers open in our Slack.