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Looks like Google themselves have hired him as an intern: https://twitter.com/epereiralopez/status/1220781461504176129 https://twitter.com/epereiralopez/status/

Looks like Google themselves have hired him as an intern: https://twitter.com/epereiralopez/status/1220781461504176129 https://twitter.com/epereiralopez/status/1220781461504176129

LunaSea 6y ago
As an intern, wow, how charitable of them.
- OJFord 6y ago
  What do you expect, 18yo gets hired as director of product security?
  - sumedh 6y ago
    He clearly knows what he is doing so why not hire him as a junior Security professional?
    - OJFord 6y ago
      Maybe he doesn't want to drop out of university in his first year, even if an employer does?
      - sumedh 6y ago
        Good point.
- cameronbrown 6y ago
  Interns contribute a lot of value - they don't run around making coffee. Being an intern makes it much more likely to get an FTE role too which is more than most 18 year olds. Source: Also a 19 y/o Googler.
  - LunaSea 6y ago
    Right, and are your valued contributions rewarded as such?
    - cameronbrown 6y ago
      If by rewarded you mean comp, then yes I'm very happy with it for my age. Given the situation outside - just grateful to have a job right now. I chose this over university - I get paid and am working towards a CS degree as part of the work. Granted, am not an intern (I'm something different) but I understand they are well paid at FAANG companies and the experience is the same.
      - LunaSea 6y ago
        You do realize that age doesn't matter? If the work you do is valuable then it deserves a comp that matches a full time workers rate. Also, we work in computer science and a for a vast majority of developers it's business as usual. So I wouldn't say that it's particularly generous or lucky.
        cameronbrown 6y ago
        Oh I agree, but I'm here to learn more than anything. And I'm certainly not underpaid compared to market. Before this current job I hadn't worked as a professional (outside of minor freelance work in my home town) so I see this as bootstrapping a career with zero student debt, plus there's perks like travel opportunities and accelerated career growth which I couldn't easily get elsewhere. > Also, we work in computer science and a for a vast majority of developers it's business as usual. So I wouldn't say that it's particularly generous or lucky. I was lucky enough to be born into a good family, where I could learn the skills to be where I am today, no?
        LunaSea 6y ago
        > I was lucky enough to be born into a good family, where I could learn the skills to be where I am today, no? Right but I meant that Google offering a job or keeping you on payroll shouldn't feel like luck but like the default, expected behaviour in our field.
saagarjha 6y ago
I wonder if he would have made more money by finding vulnerabilities during that period…
- jedimastert 6y ago
  Google interns get paid a pretty decent amount (about as much as I was working as a full-time systems analyst for my city government, apparently). Unless they can find a vuln like that a month, they were probably paid better by Google.

Looks like Google themselves have hired him as an intern: https://twitter.com/epereiralopez/status/1220781461504176129 https://twitter.com/epereiralopez/status/1220781461504176129

LunaSea 6y ago

As an intern, wow, how charitable of them.

OJFord 6y ago
What do you expect, 18yo gets hired as director of product security?
- sumedh 6y ago
  He clearly knows what he is doing so why not hire him as a junior Security professional?
  - OJFord 6y ago
    Maybe he doesn't want to drop out of university in his first year, even if an employer does?
    - sumedh 6y ago
      Good point.
cameronbrown 6y ago
Interns contribute a lot of value - they don't run around making coffee. Being an intern makes it much more likely to get an FTE role too which is more than most 18 year olds. Source: Also a 19 y/o Googler.
- LunaSea 6y ago
  Right, and are your valued contributions rewarded as such?
  - cameronbrown 6y ago
    If by rewarded you mean comp, then yes I'm very happy with it for my age. Given the situation outside - just grateful to have a job right now. I chose this over university - I get paid and am working towards a CS degree as part of the work. Granted, am not an intern (I'm something different) but I understand they are well paid at FAANG companies and the experience is the same.
    - LunaSea 6y ago
      You do realize that age doesn't matter? If the work you do is valuable then it deserves a comp that matches a full time workers rate. Also, we work in computer science and a for a vast majority of developers it's business as usual. So I wouldn't say that it's particularly generous or lucky.
      - cameronbrown 6y ago
        Oh I agree, but I'm here to learn more than anything. And I'm certainly not underpaid compared to market. Before this current job I hadn't worked as a professional (outside of minor freelance work in my home town) so I see this as bootstrapping a career with zero student debt, plus there's perks like travel opportunities and accelerated career growth which I couldn't easily get elsewhere. > Also, we work in computer science and a for a vast majority of developers it's business as usual. So I wouldn't say that it's particularly generous or lucky. I was lucky enough to be born into a good family, where I could learn the skills to be where I am today, no?
        LunaSea 6y ago
        > I was lucky enough to be born into a good family, where I could learn the skills to be where I am today, no? Right but I meant that Google offering a job or keeping you on payroll shouldn't feel like luck but like the default, expected behaviour in our field.

saagarjha 6y ago

I wonder if he would have made more money by finding vulnerabilities during that period…

jedimastert 6y ago
Google interns get paid a pretty decent amount (about as much as I was working as a full-time systems analyst for my city government, apparently). Unless they can find a vuln like that a month, they were probably paid better by Google.