Anonymous is a meme that I think has been wielded by different groups at different times. There is no "official" anonymous and all it takes to join is to think to yourself "I am anonymous". If some of the reports of hacks coming out of the war zone and surrounding areas are true (such as tweet claiming Belarussian rail had been disrupted) then I suspect that Western state actors are using the meme right now.
I can't speak for Amazon execs but a couple times I've seen either a customer need on HN and was able to get them attention or have seen my product mentioned and shared the link with my team and org.
In my experience a huge proportion of security roles are filled with checklist cowboys/girls. The cadre of people you're thinking of is a small part of the set.
In case the Twitter OP checks out the thread--I can't magically fix this problem for you but I can definitely get human beings to take a look to see what can be done for you. Send me an email to my HN handle at protonmail dot com and we'll move the conversation to my work address from there.
I don't know what you mean by superstar--that will mean wildly different things in different contexts/companies. That said if I read that as the mythic 10x ex-Google master I'm not entirely convinced such people exist nor if they do they would be so productive in other circumstances.
There's a built in assumption of stock growth in the grant they give you, and after year 2 the bonus dries up so it's your base of 160 + whatever the equity is. Year 2 -> 3 comp drop is not uncommon.
HM here, don't apply to every job on a website (spamming is obvious) but definitely go for any you're actually interested in. Different recruiters often own different postings and some may be more responsive/amenable than others.
There's probably a TED-esque talk in it for every party involved. I am looking forward to reading the books written about the 2020s 20-30 years from now
At first read this seems ridiculous, but then I thought about it for a minute and am less certain. I guess at this point why the hell not? Seems like a lot of gray area though. I'm curious to see if anything actually comes of this. What a time to be alive. For what it's worth, odd public mechanisms or no, I do hope everyone finds someone as special to them as my wife is to me.
Hey, I'm not sure if you'll see this but I work at Amazon and can at least try to get a human for you. I can't promise magical solutions but I can get you some real person attention. Email me at my HN handle at protonmail dot com and we'll move the discussion to my work address from there.