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by Pahalial 5483 days ago
Wow. I was prepared to denounce this as a fake, mouthpiece for LulzSec made to look like a hacking challenge (for the lulz), etc. A facebook page like this[1] is so laughably over the top.. But perhaps not:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ywUK2Jat5k

Now I just feel a bit sorry for him. A very fast lesson to not consider yourself "trained by the best in the world" or go around putting up $10k prizes like this without actually having a few crises under your belt.

[1] https://www.facebook.com/blackandberg
1 comments
alnayyir 5483 days ago
He has a bachelors in "Information Security" from ITT Tech.

For those who aren't familiar, ITT Tech is, at least in the midwest, where the stoners go after getting their GED (remedial high school diploma for people who couldn't hack it in...secondary...) because they realized minimum wage jobs don't go very far once you're paying your own rent.

The raw hubris of this video and his reasons for it are...overwhelming.

I'm left feeling assured about my future job prospects, and unhappy at the state of things.

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dgabriel 5483 days ago
I don't know that the ITT Tech thing is enough to condemn him. Sure, it's a crappy school, but great people can rise from humble places. One of the absolute very best programmers I know has something like two ITT Tech courses under his belt, and is entirely self-educated beyond that.

This guy doesn't need any credentials to prove he's a fool.

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alnayyir 5483 days ago
>entirely self-educated beyond that

This is why he's brilliant.

I myself am a college dropout.

I don't believe in credentialism, but someone foolish enough to think ITT Tech make them useful or proficient has another thing coming.

It demonstrates a lack of judgment more than anything.

The rest of his...material speaks for itself.

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