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Was arrested in High School for disclosing a vulnerability in the school IT system Syntax is an internal pentester for a large organization Went to college for Computer Science, but dropped out Inspired by the Movie Hackers First computer had a 1MB hard drive (Yes, not a typo!) Still went to Defcon even when he was not in IT or working in security Was a professional motorcycle racer Kept all his rejection letters as a way of motivation to keep going Had some business and entrepreneurial experience in the past, which helped him get back into the field Got back into security through… IT! Quotes: "A lot of our time is spent arguing with the other departments and justifying our findings." [2:58] "Is this cross-site scripting really a problem." "I get stuck a lot… it's kind of the nature of the beast." [5:17] "I'm not going to work in tech again." [12:21] "You're a motorcycle mechanic… why should we hire you?"[19:07] "It's my hacker family. These are my people. Everyone in security, they make sense to me, cause they're all kinda like me." [19:41] "I kept getting this projects coming my way and I constantly said YES." [22:07] "Have you done this before… no, but I'll learn!" [25:06]" "No, this is website scraping… because I had that mindset… I was seeing it different than other analysts." [26:00] Links: Syntax on Twitter:  https://twitter.com/syntax976 DCZIA: http://dczia.net/ Queercon: https://www.queercon.org/ Outro Music: "Pure Decking" by Patient Zero from the album "Screen Saviour" her link is http://patientzero.bandcamp.com and she is @DoctorKraft on the twitter Getting Into Infosec: Breaking IN: A Practical Guide to Starting a Career in Information Security: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07N15GTPC/ T-Shirts, Mugs, and more: https://gettingintoinfosec.com/shop/ Sign up for sneak peaks, updates, and commentary: https://pages.gettingintoinfosec.com/subscribe See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.