So you want to be a wizard
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So you want to be a wizard
Today I did the opening keynote at SRECon. This talk was a little less technical than my normal talks: instead of talking about tools like tcpdump (though tcpdump makes an appearance!), I wanted to talk about how to make a career where you're constantly learning and how to be good at your job whether or not you're the most experienced person. Here's the video, talk abstract, then the slides & a rough transcript. I've included links to every resource I mentioned. video source: usenix's website abstract I don't always feel like a wizard. I'm not the most experienced member on my team, like most
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