Jared Folkins - 18 YRO Manager To Education Security To Human Hero

Getting Into Infosec

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

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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