I'm no fan of Equifax, but some of the most talented engineers I've worked with have been music majors, musician, etc. It has nothing to do with whether she is

I'm no fan of Equifax, but some of the most talented engineers I've worked with have been music majors, musician, etc. It has nothing to do with whether she is qualified or not for the job. The real story here is how Marketwatch (and HN, and Reddit, and Twitter, etc) is coming to the conclusion that she is unqualified simply by looking at her LinkedIn profile. I know many security professionals that have no LinkedIn profile, or list very barebones information on it because they see themselves as targets for spear phishing and see no need to give potential attackers any easy ammunition. From looking at her LinkedIn profile (https://www.linkedin.com/in/susan-m-93069a/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/susan-m-93069a/), it looks like she also follows this practice. If you look at her previous positions they are listed simply as "Professional". TL;DR She may indeed be unqualified, but there is no way to determine that only from her LinkedIn profile.