I quit my last permanent job because I wanted to get paid for security work. I did some basic security tests for them while working there, decided I liked it but the company didn't see doing security tests as part of their normal work so couldn't encourage me. I figured that going freelance would give me a chance to make some money out of security and 4 years later it seems to be finally paying off!
If anyone wants to give me any paid freelance work please get in touch! Robin 2009/5/15 Matt Hillman <[email protected]>: > I definitely got into the industry because I wanted to get paid to enjoy my > hobby. You spend a large portion of your life doing your job, so if you can > make it something you enjoy! I find it strange some people consider this > selling out. my hobby slotted almost seamlessly into my work, and I still > don't draw a very solid line between the two. > > > On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 1:42 PM, Raffi Jamgotchian <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> My experience mirrors yours. After wardialing for BBSes, I ran one off >> of a 'teenage line' as we called it back then. Wrote some BBS software >> that sucked. After entering the workforce, outside email was >> introduced to our ccMail system which I did over an serial connection >> between a standalone PC that would connect to the Internet over ISDN >> and finger the ISPs POP server. >> People wanted to browse (this is 1995-6) so we bought a Sun Sparc >> workstation and checkpoint and it was my job to set it up and harden it. >> >> The only time that we were hacked (that I know of!) is during a >> pentest they found a modem connected to a conference bridge system >> running NT4 and an unsecure PCAnywhere that the vendor left on. >> >> ---- >> Raffi >> >> On May 14, 2009, at 8:20 PM, Chris Merkel <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > A variation on that other thread. I didn't get my start in infosec >> > because I got hacked. I was a huge (beige hat) fan of the movie War >> > Games, if you catch my drift. >> > >> > BBSs, tymnet, telenet (no, that's not a typo kids...) and other random >> > x.25 links found via wardialing were my first playgrounds. I remember >> > one day, as the sun rose on a typical all-nighter, I said to myself >> > "Cool, I just taught myself how to use DEC VMS, I bet I'd be good at a >> > job working with computers..." >> > >> > So, who got into IT in the hopes that they could one day start getting >> > paid for something they had done for fun in the past? (And is willing >> > to admit it ;-) >> > >> > I did - it's still a lot of fun, though there's a lot more paperwork >> > involved. >> > >> > >> > -- >> > - Chris Merkel >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Pauldotcom mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom >> > Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com >> _______________________________________________ >> Pauldotcom mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom >> Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Pauldotcom mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom > Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com > _______________________________________________ Pauldotcom mailing list [email protected] http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com
