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Yep, it's based on device certs.

Indeed, MSFT launched similar. JAMF was just the most well known in the Mac ecosystem.

FWIW, with JAMF, your employer can ship it straight from Apple to your door, and still get their MDM all over it the second it connects to the internet the 1st time.

Most likely.

Maybe genes are declarative, not procedural har har har

I cannot speak for the grand-parent, but the general idea is captured in Atomic Habits [1].

[1] https://jamesclear.com/atomic-habits

Sadly, many MANY people in high places still think VPNs are the best solution (and the only solution you need) to protecting resources.

My favorite movie: senior executives with a history of getting engineering estimates wrong, making promises about engineering timelines. grabs popcorn

"...and thousands of physics/chemistry students all cried out at once, and then were silenced."

Vote.

I really appreciate your comments in this thread, Diederich. They have helped me distill my own similar feelings of uncertainty and uncertainty in my understanding of uncertainty. Thank you.

Just don't give it to infants under 1yo.

This one works

I agree on all fronts. Preparedness is the clearest way. But our economy (and capitalism in general) don't reward preparedness, in fact they often punish for it. I read some article about how building slack into systems is equal to building resiliency into them. How can we build an economy that aligns incentives to be resilient?

Paradoxically, the more gross the failure, the less responsibility large organizations seem to take. Thinking of Equifax, or PG&E and the wildfires.

Maybe this is the real rotten core that needs changing. Orgs need to be held to account. And that points to an even deeper core -> we are the ones who need to change, to actually hold orgs to account.

APT means Advanced Persistent Threat and is usually the term used for nation-state actors.

Having gone through a merger ~2 years ago, this is a rough stretch. Godspeed.

When "management" are the ones testifying, of course their fingers point to... the engineers.

Similar premise to the book Extreme Ownership [1], which I highly recommend.

[1] https://echelonfront.com/extreme-ownership/

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The abysmal-yet-totally-American solution: have employers provide your home internet access. I sincerely hope we never end up there, that should be an Onion headline, but stranger (and sadder) things have happened ahem healthcare ahem.

I know great strides have been made in recent years, but Microsoft would have to communicate a much better 'configuration automation' story to significantly move the voluntary adoption needle for this crowd.

This was posted in a HN comment not long ago: https://github.com/hendricius/the-bread-code/blob/master/bas...

It is a bit like comparing interest rates on your credit card balances while still spending more than you earn: we may not get much choice about what is done in 21 days, but we have to stop the bleeding now either way.

I will run contrary to many suggestions already here. It seems (from the 3 example titles you give) that you want to stay technical/individual contributor. If that’s the case, you can absolutely take your breadth of skills to a big company, whether an established tech company or a technical team within eg the F500. I personally identify as a generalist also, and I (through complete accident and happenstance) moved into cybersecurity (not appsec to be clear, appsec is a team within cyber). Basically one of the most lucrative niches out of my broader range of experiences. It has worked out well for me.

Tl;dr - figure out which of your experience areas align with an area that’s either lucrative to you or of high interest for you for other reasons, and pursue that at a large company. At higher technical levels, your soft-skill and cross-dept experience will further accelerate your career.

After searching for years for what that design was called, I finally read somewhere that it’s the “property bag pattern”. Seemed fitting.

Love Jeff’s stuff, there’s a reason he has such a following. His deep dives into pelvic tilts and shoulder issues have been a huge help to me also.

Godspeed, Brad has always been an inspiration for maintaining your humanity in the immense machine. Excited to see what's next.

Personally I don’t think it has to be professional, but it should probably be a skill of substance (e.g. not mastery of video gaming). Fitness, a martial art, carpentry, a musical instrument, or a trade (plumbing, etc) all come to mind. And specifically, master of just 1 element of one of those, at a time.

Totally agree with this. Getting a trainer is key if you are new - they take all the brain work out of it for you: so you just have to show up. They will also ensure your form is good, so you don’t get injured 2 months in (which happens when people lurch off the couch and into a 5x/week CrossFit regimen). If that’s cost prohibitive, read Starting Strength or check out 5x5 (five by five) for workout programming.

Regarding self-esteem: in addition to improving your physical appearance and general feeling of well-being, exercise also teaches you intimately how to use your will to push through problems/adversity, which builds self-confidence immensely.

Building yourself is also more rewarding than building any work project: nobody can take from you what you build for yourself, and you get out of it directly what you put in. How often can you say that about work?

The Jocko Podcast [1]. Hands-down has changed my attitude and life for the better. It’s about daily disciplines, leadership, human nature, history, and BJJ. Discovered it before 2019 but it’s definitely been the most impactful.

[1] http://jockopodcast.com