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> Be careful here. This is bordering on elitism. Be careful about the soft bigotry of low expectations. A generation has grown up thinking that skill/knowledg
by noch 6y ago
> Be careful here. This is bordering on elitism.
Be careful about the soft bigotry of low expectations.
A generation has grown up thinking that skill/knowledge elitism is a real thing and that it's oppressive. Instead we should learn to identify people who do difficult things, recognise how they do difficult things well, systematically emulate their methods as we attempt difficult things, and constantly work at the edge of our ability.
The only thing that happens if we don't do difficult things is that we become people who can't do difficult/valuable things.
- movedx 6y agoWhat part of my response led you to believe I inferred we shouldn't learn difficult things? I'm simply try to show that people who haven't mastered the industry are still valuable.
- noch 6y ago> What part of my response led you to believe I inferred we shouldn't learn difficult things? The first sentence, and its emphasis on calling out elitism (and concomitant gate-keeping). > I'm simply try to show that people who haven't mastered the industry are still valuable. Despite your noble intentions, I don't think such comforting statements are useful, and they are probably harmful: On the one hand, the market will decide what skills and what level of skills it wants to pay for (and how brutal when, after often being comforted, consoled, and reassured, I find no one willing to pay me for my meagre skills), and on the other hand, there are more than enough people who are confidently happy to run metasploit and burp, shut their laptops, and demand a pay-cheque.