Jared Folkins - 18 YRO Manager To Education Security To Human Hero
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English - April 03, 2019 10:49 - 54 minutes - 49.5 MB - ★★★★ - 44 ratingsCareers Business Technology information security hacking hacker cloud cyber cybersecurity breach infosec technology encryption Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Jared Folkins understands people, technology, and the world around him. He can smell a toxic environment from a mile away and has used that EIQ spider-sense for good. Jared shares with us some VERY personal stories (tear-jerker warning!) in integrity and life decisions as well a bunch of on-the-job war stories, including a famous one featured in the news! This is probably my most dramatic episode yet.
Notes:
At 18, he got promoted to manage a team of 50 because he wasn't lazy.
In hindsight, he was able to see indicators of the dot com crash but didn't realize that
Had a fork in the road where he had a major decision to make
Jared shares a VERY personal story with us and the life lesson from that which he applies in his professional life
Having a low tolerance for toxic relationships, Jared has been able to sense toxicity, and it's been a driving force for good for him
Quotes:
"I believe in the power of admitting when you're wrong."
"I carry my guilt between my shoulder blades."
"When I make that mistake; When you have a team that you can trust or a team that honors you, you have the freedom to say stuff like that."
"You can only control you."
"Constraints can be healthy."
"Stepping outside of your comfort zone... [can be] super healthy too."
"If someone tells me this person... is not a good person, I'll actually go meet that person. I want to assess it for myself."
"[When] you get rejected, don't get super emotional... just work with what you have and move on."
Links:
Jared's Blog: https://www.acloudtree.com
Jared's Twitter: https://twitter.com/jf0lkins
Jared's GitHub: https://github.com/jaredfolkins
Opsec Edu: https://www.opsecedu.com
KayPro Computer: http://oldcomputers.net/kayproii.html
Donkey Kong Clone: https://ostermiller.org/ladder/
Grand Mal Seizure: https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/grand-mal-seizure/symptoms-causes/syc-20363458
Project Dir Fu: https://www.dir-fu.com/
TorHound: https://github.com/jaredfolkins/torhound
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/coffeewithayman
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCg6gV_gdfc188HZdN8LUx4A
Book: https://www.amazon.com/Breaking-Step-Step-Starting-Information-ebook/dp/B07N15GTPC/
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