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dewyatton Ask HN: Who is hiring? (September 2016)

I'll detail my experience when applying for a DevOps position.

It took two full months and in the end I did not receive an offer.

The process was roughly:

1) Coding challenge

2) Self-evaluation survey

3) Non-tech interview (be prepared to talk about crying and triggers)

4) Tech interview (break/fix test, login to server and fix)

5) Tech interview (Q&A)

6) Non-tech interview

7) Tech interview

Throughout the process there were multiple miscommunications. There were also technical difficulties where interviewers were not prepared (permissions issues on google docs, had to reschedule).

Twice I was told I was interviewing with Person A and ended up interviewing with Person B. Once I was told it would be a non-tech interview and it was a tech interview. Very disorganized and poor response times to boot.

dewyatton Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (September 2016)

Location: Winchester, VA, USA

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: Linux, Python, Ansible, Docker, Kubernetes, C/C++, AWS EC2/many, Jenkins, Apache, Nginx

Résumé/CV: http://dewyatt.com/files/DanielWyattResume.pdf

Email: daniel@dewyatt.com

I love automation and systems engineering/architecting.

dewyatton How to make a police shooting disappear

I see that you failed to read the article.

Literally the second paragraph:

  > Because the boy never pointed a gun at a cop. He wasn’t given the chance to even put his hands up.

dewyatton Researchers crack open malware that hid for 5 years

Wireless RF keyboard+mouse, external antennas outside of the shielded case?

dewyatton Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (August 2016)

Location: Winchester, VA, US

Remote: Yes, preferred

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: Linux, Python, Ansible, AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins, Troposphere, Terraform, Apache/Nginx, Django

Resume/CV: http://dewyatt.com/files/DanielWyattResume.pdf

Email: daniel@dewyatt.com

GitHub: https://github.com/dewyatt

dewyatton AWS increased error rates / intermittent outages

I've had both 500s and 401s interestingly.

dewyatton AWS increased error rates / intermittent outages

Sorry guys, I knew I shouldn't have started my 4 instances at once.

dewyatton I have nothing to hide

I like to bring out a pad of paper and pencil and ask "what's your bank login?"

Or SSN, etc. Sort of an identity theft angle.

Or "And do you have Facebook? GMail? I'll need those too. You've got nothing to hide, right?"

It's a bit of a flimsy argument but it still makes people think.

Usually they won't give this sort of information to a random person because they're not "The Government". Of course, "The Government" is just made up of regular people, who have their own personal beliefs/motives/etc.

Plus agencies don't have a stellar history of keeping our information secure (OPM hack, etc.).

dewyatton Passive TCP/IP Geo-Location

Seems a bit off for me in Virginia, USA.

http://imgur.com/TblQSSu

dewyatton I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for YC and startups. AMA

I don't know anything about this topic, but I do know that this is probably not an appropriate response on HN.

dewyatton For first time since 1880s, more young Americans live with parents than partner

I do agree with some points you make.

Some relevant documentaries for anyone interested:

http://www.informativevine.com/2016/04/the-untouchables-2013...

https://archive.org/details/cpb20120505a

http://www.snagfilms.com/films/title/were_not_broke

http://www.pbs.org/video/1302794657/

dewyatton Hacker Releases a How-To Video Targeting Police

Explanation: https://twitter.com/GammaGroupPR/status/733653805745733632

dewyatton Hacker Releases a How-To Video Targeting Police

Definitely a shitty thing to do, I can't imagine law enforcement won't investigate Chema after seeing that.

I don't understand the language though so there may be other relevant details I'm missing.

dewyatton Hacker Releases a How-To Video Targeting Police

I'm thinking it's just misdirection (along with some other parts of the video).

I saw some nice attention to detail in the video so I would be surprised if something like that was an accident.

dewyatton React-Boilerplate v3: The “JS Fatigue Antivenin” Edition

To be fair, when I see "Yet moar tweaks" as a commit message, I start to wonder if I am old and curmudgeonly too.

dewyatton Multiple 7-Zip Vulnerabilities Discovered

> ignorant

That's my tax dollars at work. :)

dewyatton Ask HN: Which hackers do you look up to the most?

I feel you. We're all building on a foundation that is so full of holes that security is like an inside joke.

I'm keeping my eye on TALOS [1], but I admit I haven't had time to research it. It's just one tiny piece of the puzzle though.

[1] https://www.raptorengineering.com/TALOS/prerelease.php

dewyatton Multiple 7-Zip Vulnerabilities Discovered

I always found it strange that 7-zip appears to be developed by a single individual, despite being very popular.

I know the fact that this lone developer apparently resides in Russia has caused 7-zip to be outright banned in certain places.

dewyatton Memory Barriers: A Hardware View for Software Hackers (2010) [pdf]

This is a lot of interesting information. I hope that one day we can avoid this level of complexity though. We have enough to worry about with modern computer systems.

I wrote a driver for FreeBSD recently and had to implement memory barriers to get it accepted into mainline. I had never dealt with memory barriers before and I couldn't help but think "great! what is this new thing I have to keep in mind?" It wasn't all that difficult, but still...

We have built up so many layers of complexity that it's becoming very difficult to secure things, for example. I really hope we can somehow drastically simplify computers/software in the future.

dewyatton World's Obese Population Hits 641M

I'm open to it, but based on what?

Lustig studied at MIT+Cornell and is an MD with years of experience. He spent decades researching biochemistry and obesity and published numerous papers on these subjects.

Anthony Colpo, unless I'm mistaken, is just some random guy.

dewyatton World's Obese Population Hits 641M

I don't really consider Anthony Colpo to be a reputable source.

dewyatton World's Obese Population Hits 641M

I think "Sugar: The Bitter Truth" [1] is worth watching. And the newer "The Skinny on Obesity" [2].

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBnniua6-oM

[2] https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL39F782316B425249&fea...

dewyatton The Psychological Cost of Boring Buildings

FEMA's Brooke Road Facility (BRF - "the barf") is quite the eye sore [1]. Luckily it's not in a super visible/residential area, but I always found it depressing that people actually work there.

The outside is bad enough, but the inside is even worse. They're all stuffed into cubicles, no windows that I recall, dirty/decrepit bathroom, just a depressing place overall, hard to explain.

[1] https://www.google.com/maps/@39.1989182,-78.1524764,3a,75y,1...

dewyatton Give yourself permission to have work-life balance

Very similar situation here, turning 27 in September. Spent most of highschool skipping so I could write code instead. No friends nowadays (I prioritize everything else), no serious relationships (no time/energy), never traveled outside USA (money!).

I did, however, just leave a job where I was unhappy. The timing was not great and it cost me. But I couldn't be happier to be free of that job. When I started to seriously dread going in to work, I knew it was time to move on.

Try to realize that not leaving a job because you "can't stand disappointing anyone" is just plain wrong. In a sense, you're doing them a disservice by remaining in a position you are not happy in. You are probably not performing at your best if you're unhappy. Plus, startup or not, they would probably drop you like a bad habit if given the financial incentive. Business is business, money is always the bottom line in that environment. You do not owe them anything.

dewyatton Hacker Monthly Shuts Down

What a shame, I didn't know Hacker Monthly was even a thing until today. Now I want a subscription so badly.

A magazine of HN delivered to my door would be amazing! Wish I knew about it before, and I hope someone continues with it.

dewyatton Linux Performance Analysis in 60,000 Milliseconds

dmesg -H is nice too

dewyatton XINU OS – Xinu Is Not Unix

Network communication sans TCP it appears.

dewyatton Important Notice Regarding Public Availability of Stable Patches

Do you mean Spengler, perhaps?

dewyatton OpenBSD on EdgeRouter Lite

How does this compare to a PC Engines APU w/pfSense?

http://store.netgate.com/kit-APU1C4.aspx

http://bsdrp.net/documentation/examples/forwarding_performan...

I guess the EdgeRouter is cheaper at least.

dewyatton Hacking Team hacked, attackers claim 400GB in dumped data

Looks like libtorrent-rasterbar based clients are not able to handle the dump (bencoded item limit). Transmission is working (slowly).