barunick

Well #DEFCON34 is over with. Time to reflect on what I did (or didn’t do). This year honestly was different and I think it will take some time for me to process it. #defcon means a lot to me, over the years it went from something I did for work to something I did on my own to see my friends. This year was dedicated giving back and helping others. Helping out when needed, not when asked. I even made one of the CTFs and watched as people were working through challenges and puzzles I worked hard to create. I don’t know how to process it yet. It’s different. Im just capturing my feelings to reflect on later when things have calmed down for me. I gave a lot of myself this year and I’m exhausted.

@courtcan@mastodon.social I Google a lot. It’s normal for me to say “hmmm I think it’s this but let me check on that”. Despite what that piece of paper says you don’t need to know the ins and outs of everything. You just need to know a little bit about a lot and where your knowledge and expertise ends, and then you go find the answer from there. All this industry is are shades of grey, sometimes the shade doesn’t matter as much sometimes it does. Your job is to find out when that is based on what you’re trying to do.