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May be interesting. But the claims made in the announcement are very hard to believe. The admission of not being ready to show that the claims have been achieve
by bayesianhorse 12y ago
May be interesting. But the claims made in the announcement are very hard to believe. The admission of not being ready to show that the claims have been achieved aren't helping my scepticism either.
Still... if it works, and is actually better than most other attempts at code-gaming this may be fun. Profitable? They will have to see.
- tptacek 12y agoThe origin story of this company is the application of exactly this process in a real business, to great effect.
- mbesto 12y agoBut it worked in a very specific context (security) and a specific company (Matasano), no? I know Stripe has done these CTFs in the past (and mostly security related), but they only spin them up on occasion. If the promise of such a technique is so effective, then why wouldn't Stripe invest the money (they've got plenty, let's be honest) in doing this all of the time? Especially given that a recruiter who would place someone at Stripe is probably taking home $20-40k on a placement. Also, what are the plans outside of security related (if any)? Can you do a CTF style process for non-security?
- kasey_junk 12y agoThe answer to the "why hasn't stripe done this" question is simple. They aren't in the business of doing it. You might as well ask why stripe doesn't sell database systems. I mean, they probably have some expertise in building those out as well. Stripe is going to hire a couple of hundred developers over the next decade (assuming things go well). It sounds to me like Starfighter's goals don't translate to a couple of hundred X 20-40k. They seem a touch more ambitious.