Guest:
Jared Smith
@jaredthecoder
Jared Smith talks with Dave Rael about passion for what he does, security, extroversion, and building your brand
Jared is a Computer Security researcher at the US's largest national laboratory in Oak Ridge, TN, where he works on projects ranging from novel security data analytics tools to malware research. He was previously a software security engineer at Cisco Systems internal security team and serves as a technical advisor for several Knoxville, TN startups.
Chapters:
1:09 - Dave introduces the show and Jared Smith2:52 - Jared's passion for doing the things he does for work outside work as well4:15 - The things that light Jared up about software and security5:47 - Jared's ongoing education and research experience9:25 - Jared's path to focusing on security research12:01 - Jared's thoughts on how developers should approach security and the true nature of the problem14:34 - Jared's advice for tackling security concerns17:02 - How Jared got started in software19:20 - Jared's story of failure - overcommitting21:17 - The many threads Jared has spinning23:03 - Jared's nature as an extrovert and comfort with speaking and teaching24:33 - Jared's success story - practical application of his research26:14 - The nature of Jared's position and interacting with government and industry30:48 - How Jared stays current with what he needs to know33:23 - Jared's book recommendation35:04 - The things that have Jared most excited37:09 - Is security just hopeless?42:31 - Jared's top 3 tips for delivering more value45:17 - Keeping up with Jared
Resources:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
2016 Dyn cyberattack
Dyn Statement on 10/21/2016 DDoS Attack
The Twitter Bug Bounty Program
Twitter Bug Allowed Hackers To Tweet From Any Account
Treehouse
Jeff Meyerson on Developer On Fire
Software Engineering Daily
Jared on Software Engineering Daily
OneTab
OmniFocus
Ari Meisel on Developer On Fire
John Sonmez on Developer On Fire
Jared's book recommendation:
Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration - Ed Catmull
Jared's top 3 tips for delivering more value:
Ask better questions
Network
Build your brand
view more