@hon1nbo.hackingand.coffee feel free to add some good ones

And now one spectacular failure - one time I was stress testing a pool pump on a 16' deep well. The pvc glue failed. Half the well's water was sprayed straight upward at a rate of about 5K GPH all over the entire test floor before the test computer shorted out and it stopped.

I'll go first:
1. I expensed a printer ordered through Uber Eats
2. I got to literally explode things as an intended, necessary function of my job
3. I used liquid nitrogen to prove a client wrong
4. Something I made went to space. It's been a decade so it's burned up now, but it WAS in space

Your cinnamon sugar toast is bougie!

I thought at first this was a new vuln in BusyBox itself, but a perfect 10 on a networked door controller is hilarious. Remotely exploitable, no user interaction or privileges required, low attack complexity - literally a worst nightmare for a hardware designer.

Well, I should say it holds up 25% of the way in. I can't remember enough to know how it ends.

All of this to say, again I am pretty sheepish when I admit that I am enjoying threat modeling. It won't be all of my work, & I think it'll give me a chance to fill in some technical gaps that are hard to address while on a project since I'll get a lot of practice identifying the threats.

11/11

"You're just so good at it!" is a compliment that excuses others half-assing it. I started shying away from work that would have made me look good because I didn't want to get stuck holding the bag.

10/11

And for certain managers it can be difficult to push back & set boundaries. "Everybody is taking a turn doing it", but when it's time for someone else to take a turn they come to you for help & you end up spending more time than if you'd done it in your own in the first place.

9/11

AFAB people often experience this. I've talked to many women who spend an unfair amount of time tasked with the projects that hold everything together. I'm not just talking about housekeeping and admin, but also creating reporting standards & templates. Everyone should be doing that in turns.

8/11

Projects that would have allowed me to grow technically would be given to people who can't do the admin work, & I found myself falling behind my peers & having to work harder to keep up just from that lack of opportunity.

I tend to say no to things that may drift me in that direction again.

7/11

I'm a little chagrined to enjoy threat modeling bc I've been focused on growing technically. In the past I've been pushed against my will toward more administrative roles because I'm good at writing and communication. This has actively hurt my career in the past.

6/11

I'm told that this is an unusual assessment, so hopefully that's true. Nice to have another line of billable work that's a break from the intense projects, plus it's another mark on the brag sheet for end of year evals, so that's nice.

5/11

We knew this going in and scoped it accordingly, but it's made for frustrating interviews as everybody keeps pointing fingers and pushing the decisions to other people.

4/11