Episode 19
Jared Folkins - 18 YRO Manager To Education Security To Human Hero
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:
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At 18, he got promoted to manage a team of 50 because he wasn't lazy.
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In hindsight, he was able to see indicators of the dot com crash but didn't realize that
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Had a fork in the road where he had a major decision to make
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Jared shares a VERY personal story with us and the life lesson from that which he applies in his professional life
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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:
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"I believe in the power of admitting when you're wrong."
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"I carry my guilt between my shoulder blades."
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"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."
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"You can only control you."
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"Constraints can be healthy."
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"Stepping outside of your comfort zone... [can be] super healthy too."
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"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."
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"[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
Getting Into Infosec:
- 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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