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Written by April King on 2024-10-30 at 19:07

got laid off in the big dropbox layoffs today.

if anybody is looking for a staff-level engineer who loves mentoring and who is an expert in web security, email security, TLS/PKI, key and secrets management, and general defense security stuff, please feel free to hit me up.

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Written by Matt Hall on 2024-10-30 at 19:09

@april

OK to boost?

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Written by April King on 2024-10-30 at 19:12

@401matthall please by all means. :)

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Written by MxFraud on 2024-10-30 at 19:14

@april maybe look at https://www.linkedin.com/company/cofide-security they were hirring a few weeks back.

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Written by Kyle Johnson on 2024-10-30 at 19:24

@april

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Written by B'ad Samurai 🐐 on 2024-10-30 at 19:27

@april sorry to hear that. I'm always concerned when popular platforms have security layoffs like Zoom, GitLab, Discord, Dropbox, etc. A single security analyst and engineer at these orgs collectively save us in the downstream 1000s of hours in TDIR.

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Written by Lord Hurkle-Durkle :bc: on 2024-10-30 at 19:35

@april

Oh no! I'm so sorry! Our work relies on dropbox for everything. It's crazy that they would be letting people go.

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Written by My Actual Brain on 2024-11-14 at 02:11

@GuyDudeman @april I think a lot of orgs are using one drive due to its integration with the OS.

I’ve tried the paid Dropbox a few times and each time I’ve been unhappy with it for different reasons.

One drive and Google drive have worked much better for me.

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Written by Evan Freeze on 2024-10-30 at 19:37

@april sorry to hear 😔 we’re looking for someone to be the go-to security person at Forage (like Stripe for EBT) if that interests you (remote!) https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/joinforage/jobs/4097587007

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Written by qdot on 2024-10-30 at 19:38

@april Ugh, fuck, sorry to hear it. I've been on the search myself for the past month, happy to forward on app security stuff I've seen coming through.

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Written by Jack Brewster on 2024-10-30 at 19:39

@april I work remotedly for a fintech company on the mobile testing team. We are pretty remote friendly (US only, I think). You might find some opportunities here: https://careers.jackhenry.com/search-jobs

We do have a referral program, so if you're interested in that, hit me up and I can help you apply. But totally cool if you don't want to hassle with that.

Happy to answer questions. Best of luck to you!

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Written by David G. Simmons on 2024-10-30 at 19:39

@april Go check out the openings at zymbit.com and let me know if anything interests you!

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Written by Venatio on 2024-10-30 at 19:40

@april i've been looking for a new gig for months. it is not a good time. i'd recommend good cover letters and just sticking w/ applications daily. good luck!!!

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Written by David Abigt :verified: 🌎 🎄 on 2024-10-30 at 19:47

@april I think my agency is always hiring and is very WFH friendly. Here are current tech openings.

https://maximus.avature.net/careers/SearchJobs/?2497=37951&2497_format=3633&listFilterMode=1&folderRecordsPerPage=6

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Written by TPushic on 2024-10-30 at 19:49

@april Use the #getfedihired hashtag

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Written by jack 💥 on 2024-10-30 at 19:57

@april Is Dropbox doing OK?

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Written by Beachbum on 2024-10-30 at 19:58

@april Try https://mycareer.verizon.com/career-paths/technology/

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Written by Beachbum on 2024-10-30 at 20:04

@april @KrebsOnSecurity_rss

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Written by James Gallagher on 2024-10-30 at 20:12

@april I’m really sorry to see they did that to you. Really shocked at how many folks like yourself have been laid off

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Written by Paul_IPv6 on 2024-10-30 at 20:14

@april

so sorry... boosting and fingers crossed you land something good soon.

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Written by Patrick on 2024-10-30 at 20:14

@april Hello April. With your background you will end up better than before.

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Written by Adam Vartanian on 2024-10-30 at 20:15

@april Oh, that sucks! Sorry to hear it.

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Written by errorbody on 2024-10-30 at 20:29

@april

I just asked a cloud storage/computing company I know if they're looking for someone. I hope you'll find new employment soon.

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Written by the car lane disrespecter on 2024-10-30 at 20:50

@april :hacker_f:

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Written by Jonathan Arnold on 2024-10-30 at 20:51

@april be sure to check out the jobs at https://STR.us

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Written by 🍕 on 2024-10-30 at 21:07

@april sorry to hear April :/

We’re looking for security engineers at Figma: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/figma/jobs/4214880004

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Written by Emelia 👸🏻 on 2024-10-30 at 21:16

@april damn, that sucks, hope you land a new role soon!

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Written by dodothedev🦤💻 on 2024-10-30 at 21:17

@april

https://hachyderm.io/@aronow/113398372308658386

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Written by Simon Brooke on 2024-10-30 at 21:25

@april That sounds seriously shit. The employment practices of American software businesses are so... impersonally exploitative. Try not to feel personally hurt by it.

I hope you (and all your laid-off colleagues) find something new -- and better -- soon.

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Written by mangeurdenuage :gnu: :trisquel: :gondola_head: 🌿 :abeshinzo: :ignutius: :descartes: :stargate: on 2024-10-30 at 21:39

@april I'm looking for someone for reverse engineering proprietary Printer drivers for the linux libre kernel in a few months.

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Written by 翠星石 on 2024-10-31 at 06:27

@mangeurdenuage Wouldn't a printer driver be better as a standalone program rather than a kernel driver?

In userspace, you have access to all the fine GNU libraries and you aren't beholden to whether upstream accepts your patches.

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Written by mangeurdenuage :gnu: :trisquel: :gondola_head: 🌿 :abeshinzo: :ignutius: :descartes: :stargate: on 2024-10-31 at 10:34

@Suiseiseki There's also wifi drivers to do, be it usb mini pcie or "smartphones".

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Written by Mirek Długosz 🕸️:python:🐛 on 2024-10-30 at 21:39

@april

I hear that following position at Red Hat’s Office of the CTO is still not filled, and it looks like exactly what you might be looking for:

https://redhat.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/jobs/job/Waterford-City/Principal-Security-Engineering-Lead---Emerging-Technologies_R-041386-1?q=R-041386

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Written by Jonathan Kamens on 2024-10-30 at 22:01

@april Please consider https://www.usds.gov/!

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Written by Chad Altenburg, Ph.D. on 2024-10-30 at 22:05

@april Sorry. I can't help you.

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Written by AskPippa🇨🇦 on 2024-10-30 at 22:09

@april Saw this post today.

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Written by Jason on 2024-10-30 at 22:29

@april if I could plug Fidelity as a company that would love to have your skill set. https://jobs.fidelity.com/job-details/19095248/director-edge-security-ops/

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Written by John Carlsen 🇺🇸🇳🇱🇪🇺 on 2024-10-30 at 23:27

@april

Dumb question for you: do you attend DefCon? If so, do you network with your local circle of attendees?

If you are in/near San Jose, I think that you might enjoy this group (that I sadly haven't kept up with well during the pandemic):

https://dc408.com/

If you are willing to work in the south bay, I could widen the scope of my own search to include jobs for you, and occasionally send some leads your way.

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Written by cybervegan on 2024-10-30 at 23:47

@april Don't know if you've seen this, but might be helpful - they are specifically asking people in your position to reach out: https://autistics.life/@aronow@hachyderm.io/113398372350482047

Good luck none the less. Sucks to be laid off - been there myself before - but don't take it to heart.

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Written by Frank Henninger on 2024-10-31 at 00:00

@april my company is hiring for a security analyst. Looks like MN isnt in the list of approved states though. https://sertifi.applytojob.com/apply/9MqeFcoE1T/Security-Analyst?source=Our%20Career%20Page%20Widget

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