How good are you at your job?

@divegeester

What's wrong not getting enough attention? 😛 🙂

-VR

@moonbus said
I was a technical trainer in informatics for over 20 yrs (Cisco, for those to whom the company may mean something--their kit powers 80% of the Internet worldwide). Written feedback forms were filled out by participants at the end of each training (this was non-optional). I often got the remark from participants who had had technical training before, that I was the first train ...[text shortened]... ple, but the rationale behind it is convoluted. If anyone needs a primer, PM me; I can still do it.)

Interesting. While I was an accountant I studied MCSE and CCNA [over 20 yrs ago].. just bored I guess so I sort of branched out into computers and networking, which I found to be far more engaging than accounting. After about 15 yrs of retirement Im actually starting to go back into IT, this time cybersecurity.. guess Im bored again.

Judging from your posts here I would not doubt that you would make a good teacher. Thats great. Not many of those around.

@the-gravedigger said
Interesting.
In the UK now everything is policed except crime.

I've heard that there are more street-level surveillance cameras in the UK than anywhere else in the world. Orwell's 1984 dystopia is closer than a lot of people realize, even in supposedly open societies. Any mobile phone can be tracked and its microphone and camera switched on remotely. There is also software (called Pegasus) which can remotely deposit illicit content on any mobile phone without the user knowing it; the police swoop in, arrest him in possession of kiddie porn, and he's off to the gulag, never to be heard from again. Politicians in the opposition party beware. Scary stuff.

@moonbus said
I've heard that there are more street-level surveillance cameras in the UK than anywhere else in the world. Orwell's 1984 dystopia is closer than a lot of people realize, even in supposedly open societies. Any mobile phone can be tracked and its microphone and camera switched on remotely. There is also software (called Pegasus) which can remotely deposit illicit conten ...[text shortened]... to the gulag, never to be heard from again. Politicians in the opposition party beware. Scary stuff.

There’s also an “off” switch.

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Used up one of slurry’s “alerts”

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@rajk999 said
Interesting. While I was an accountant I studied MCSE and CCNA [over 20 yrs ago].. just bored I guess so I sort of branched out into computers and networking, which I found to be far more engaging than accounting. After about 15 yrs of retirement Im actually starting to go back into IT, this time cybersecurity.. guess Im bored again.

Judging from your posts here I would not doubt that you would make a good teacher. Thats great. Not many of those around.

I helped many a participant prepare for the CCNA exams. I know them well.

There are no bad Cisco trainers. If a trainer gets three even mediocre reviews in a row, he is called back to the mother ship for re-evaluation. I never got called back.

It's a rigorous programme of keeping up with new technologies and protocols. Trainers have to re-sit technical recertification exams every three years and pass with a minimum score of 88%. I routinely passed them above 93%. So, yes, I was a good trainer, both technically and in group dynamics management.

My clients were typically former state-telecoms turned private corporations, or other local service providers. There was sometimes one smarty-pants in the group who thought he knew more than the trainer, so one had to be diplomatic with that sort, but mostly the participants were young, eager learners, and not seldom (I suspect) somewhere along the Asperger spectrum (Sheldon Cooper types). I got along with them just fine: they understand logical procedures (which is, in essence, what a protocol is), stick to facts, don't venture into sarcasm, but puns are understood and appreciated.

It was useful work and I enjoyed it. I don't think people can be good at something they do not enjoy -- not for a long period anyway. 😆 😆

@moonbus said
I helped many a participant prepare for the CCNA exams. I know them well.

There are no bad Cisco trainers. If a trainer gets three even mediocre reviews in a row, he is called back to the mother ship for re-evaluation. I never got called back.

It's a rigorous programme of keeping up with new technologies and protocols. Trainers have to re-sit technical recertification e ...[text shortened]... don't think people can be good at something they do not enjoy -- not for a long period anyway. 😆 😆

I headed up training in my field for a while but I had someone reporting into me who did most of the work, plus we used an agency to facilitate.

Don’t you miss the doing when you were training?

@divegeester said
I thought WhatsApp was encrypted?

It is. But only in transit, not on the sending or receiving device (otherwise you couldn't read what you send or receive). Pegasus sweeps up data on the device before a message is transmitted and therefore not yet encrypted.

If security agencies get physical control over a device, it can be hacked, even if it is encrypted and password locked. Apple, for example, has a function which blanks an iPhone after ten wrong password entry attempts. Easy to circumvent: remove the HD, clone it as many times as needed, run ten passwords by it until it blanks, then try the next HD clone. Repeat until the crack succeeds.

The NSA (No Such Agency) has Cray supercomputers; they can crack any encryption algorithm. It's just matter of time (hours or days at most).

@divegeester said
I headed up training in my field for a while but I had someone reporting into me who did most of the work, plus we used an agency to facilitate.

Don’t you miss the doing when you were training?

I did theory mornings, then break for lunch, then practical lab work (configuring routers and switches) all afternoon. Kept them all awake after a big meal. 😆

@moonbus said
It is. But only in transit, not on the sending or receiving device (otherwise you couldn't read what you send or receive). Pegasus sweeps up data on the device before a message is transmitted and therefore not yet encrypted.

If security agencies get physical control over a device, it can be hacked, even if it is encrypted and password locked. Apple, for example, has a fun ...[text shortened]... omputers; they can crack any encryption algorithm. It's just matter of time (hours or days at most).

Interesting.

So how is it the FBI can’t hack terrorists phones?

WhatsApp messages I mean.

@rookie54 said
elon's starlink satellite system operates on the same frequency modulation wavelength as the human neural synapse system and can read all our thoughts

this is not a theory, i have tested it and it works

everybody reading this will now take off their pants

Ha! Nice try, rookie, but ya can't fool me. My pants are still on, because I had my tin foil (not aluminium foil!) hat on!

@moonbus said
I did theory mornings, then break for lunch, then practical lab work (configuring routers and switches) all afternoon. Kept them all awake after a big meal. 😆

I found training interesting for a while, but once the curriculum was set up I hankered after the commercial element again. I set up an regional [EMA] assessment framework and levered myself into a diagnostic an improvement role which provided lots of travel for several years, eventually leading to consultancy. Covid killed it though so I’m working my way back.

@moonbus said
It is. But only in transit, not on the sending or receiving device (otherwise you couldn't read what you send or receive). Pegasus sweeps up data on the device before a message is transmitted and therefore not yet encrypted.

If security agencies get physical control over a device, it can be hacked, even if it is encrypted and password locked. Apple, for example, has a fun ...[text shortened]... omputers; they can crack any encryption algorithm. It's just matter of time (hours or days at most).

Very interesting and disturbing.
Thanks for sharing.