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Wasn't Equifax Chief of Security a Music major? That was hilarious to read about...
by wordpad25 3y ago
Wasn't Equifax Chief of Security a Music major?
That was hilarious to read about...
- YeBanKo 3y agoI have met quiet a few people with no-tech degrees that made it in computer related IT fields. This alone is not an issue, but she hadn’t seem to have much experience in security at all.
- te_chris 3y agoMusic major CTO here. Jog on. God forbid our executives be trained in creativity.
- sk0g 3y agoMost CXOs have extensive experience in their relevant fields. Your retort seems needlessly defensive.
- xwolfi 3y agoAs long as you're also trained in IT...
- orwin 3y agoYou mean college-trained? Because GP is a CTO, so I guess he has experience. I don't respect the C-suite that much, but I've never seen CTO without solid SWE knowledge.
- H8crilA 3y agoThere are different types of creativity. Working in security actually requires a lot of a specific type of imagination/creativity that pretty much isn't used anywhere else.
- saagarjha 3y agoA lot of people in security don’t have a degree at all, let alone in computer science. Judging people’s qualifications is much more complicated than just looking at their degree.
- IE6 3y agoYou'de be really surprised how irrelevant a major and degree can be - for example I used to work with an engineer who carries a highly technical PhD and required extensive assistance with even the simplest tasks (often hour+ just to understand the ask and then more time on engineering a solution) - and I also had an art major intern who really just wanted to be a dropshipper who devoured any work I gave them and delivered amazing stuff.