[ale] Bad business

Geoffrey esoteric at 3times25.net
Fri Jan 31 22:24:33 EST 2003


Jonathan Rickman wrote:
> On Fri, 31 Jan 2003, Stephen Touset wrote:
> 
> 
>>This is one of the reasons why I've recently started really pressuring
>>myself to become more proficient in things like routing, network
>>management, administrating systems, etc., as opposed to coding. The
>>previous jobs being more "physical", and requiring someone's physical
>>presence to a higher extent (than, say, coding), I'm hoping that they'll
>>be much harder to transfer overseas.
> 
> 
> I say this at the risk of looking like a vulture waiting for the carcasses
> of American business to start rotting, but nevertheless...
> 
> Now is a good time to start re-tooling your brain for security work too.
> Based on some of the things I've seen lately coming from off-shore (I will
> not get into specifics to avoid starting a flamewar, but if you read the
> article you'll get my drift), the security industry is really going to
> explode over the next few years...particularly the vulnerability research
> segment.

I agree with Jonathan.  This is the direction I hope to head, once my 
time with AT&T is done (26+ years now, I'm counting them down).  I'm not 
a Bob Toxen or a Jonathan Rickman, but I'm working on it. :)

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Until later: Geoffrey		esoteric at 3times25.net

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Think about it...

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