Author's Response to Critics About Their Tech Industry Background and Independence
By
JuanJohnJames
4mo ago· 4 min readenOpinion
85/100
Golden Brown
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Sesame, salt, and substance. A flagship bake.
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Summary
The author addresses critics who question their tech industry background, clarifying they had limited involvement with major tech companies (Google internships, brief Facebook and Twitter stints) and made money primarily from security competitions (pwn2own, CTFs). They express disillusionment with tech company missions and defend their independence from big tech influence.
Key quotes
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I worked at Facebook in 2011 for 9 months and quit before any shares vested cause I thought the mission of 'wasting the world's time' was dumb.
I don't have too much money; the money I do have I made from pwn2own, CT
This one is for the complainers and whiners.
