SWE’s typically grind LC and system design so they can quickly hop to another company if they get laid off. As security engineers, which skills can we grind to also find new work quickly if things go south? I can only think of grinding hacking labs like Hack The Box/TryHackMe and doing a bit of LC a...Read more
My usual guard BitDefender not covering TV OS - they have some Box!?!? to pair it on top of the router to monitor all IoT (this sounds far cry) within wifi Should I need one or just leave it alone? what u guys doing on that now #security #hack #cybersecurity
I mined some bitcoins back in 2011. I just booted up that old computer this morning and saw I have about 300 bitcoins on that computer. So that's it? About $15 million and I am ready to retire? No more: given 10 million raindrops and the positions and velocities of each raindrop, find an algorit...Read more
if I wanted to build an ecommerce marketplace like Amazon, what would be the right architecture to start building it on? would you use an out of the box solution and start hacking it? a simple OOTB solution like Big commerce wouldn't work for me because I need to be able to heavily customize the UI ...Read more
I have my OSCP certification Scheduled. Now I am starting off with TJ Null's list & looking solve those boxes from HTB, vulnhub, Offsec PG Play. Looking for references as to Can I crack OSCP based one this list alone? Is there anything that I'm missing or should be added? I have 70 odd days l...Read more
With FAANG companies, I am aware that getting very good at LeetCode and Hacker Rank type problems as well as system design problems is the way to go. If I were to try for non FAANG, but still large, stable companies such as Snap, Atlassian, SalesForce, Stripe, Box, etc., would one recommend still cr...Read more
Recently completed an online tech screening with MSFT. They want us to write code for problems. But the tool provided is so basic that it's just a basic text box. It was hard to write a good looking and understandable code in that text area especially with multiple problems to solve and with a time ...Read more
so we believed that we could think outside of the box and hence we became hackers/ engineers. Now I don’t want to follow the trend of leetcode/ hoping around to another rat race. What’s the way that you can surpass yourself everyday, running at the speed of light and eventually get out of this game...Read more
Hello everyone, Hope you are doing well, I'm looking for a referral to any product-based company for the SDE role. I am a 2023 graduate. I am good in fullstack development and data structures. LC: 150 Gfg:150+ 5 Star ⭐ in Hacker Rank It would be great if you can refer me. Please drop in a comment s...Read more
Hello everyone, Hope you are doing well, I'm looking for a referral to any product-based company for the SDE1 role OR any other role. I am a 2023 graduate. I am good in fullstack development and data structures. I solve more than 300+ competitive programming question in all over the platform(GFG,L...Read more
In the given scenario: - interviewer asks programming question I can feel I'm gonna fuck up Would it be a "good" strategy to say something like: - oh, just to let you know I just practiced that very same question on leetcode 10min ago. Do you want to pick another one? Here are the foreseen outcome...Read more
Greetings Folks, I'm looking to transition from working in a SOC. My current career objectives include threat detection and automation I'm not looking for advice on certs or degrees. I want to start building stuff, making things, participating in activities in my free time that will make me a st...Read more
Hello TechWorld, I’m like the thousands of other wantrepreneurs. With that out of the way, I’ve been thinking hard about building a true skill set to monetize later down the road, whether it be in the form of: I) Tech Startup II) Consulting If all else fails, I’ll be a decently paid employee. I ...Read more
Hi Blind fam, I am a final year CSE student looking for an SWE role. I have got a handful set of experience working with Google, Goldman Sachs, and Upgrad(Indian Unicorn) as an intern. This Winter I interned at Google Zurich, an on-site internship. Open Source:- MLH(Major Leagur Hacking) Fellow, LG...Read more
Thought to share my experience as it could be interesting to those in working in security. I've been working in cyber for a while and worked at both recently. I understand things vary by team. Yes, I'm at Google and could be a bit biased ;) TLDR; I can see how Google gained their reputation of bei...Read more
99 countries. They locked doctors out of their computers. This is a new low. Wtf There's a whole lotta blame to go around and just like everything else in the news you're probably pissed/shocked/horrified and most importantly feel helpless. But it's different this time. There's not much we can do...Read more