Ejovi Nuwere

Intro to computer security

Posted by ejovi nuwere
April 6, 2004

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My 13 year old brother is staying with me for the week. Yesterday I brought him to my office and gave him an introduction to computer security. Unfortunatly computer security isn’t a very visual job and he spent the day watching me type on a computer, getting up occasionally to use the bathroom. I fear I may have destroyed any chance I had of getting him excitied about computers. I should have shown him the movie Hackers or something.

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Comment Number:: 1
Written by:: Tim
Posted on:: April 7, 2004 at 12:29 am

Yeah, not exactly thrilling stuff to an outsider. I was a network admin for a small -15 machine network - and had a friend visit me at work and actually fell aslee he was so excited.

Comment Number:: 2
Written by:: OZ
Posted on:: April 7, 2004 at 9:19 am

take him to the that pizza place I love and to the african american museum. I’m hungry for food
and knowledge.

Comment Number:: 3
Written by:: Saq
Posted on:: April 7, 2004 at 11:21 pm

heh, african museam? come to my house its practically africa..hehe…im 15 and the typing and complexity of computer security got me hooked. Rather than the eyecandy some kids love to see

Comment Number:: 4
Written by:: Phillip
Posted on:: April 8, 2004 at 12:05 am

It’s okay Ejovi. There are many different areas of computing that he can get into, and can get excited about. He probably doesn’t realize that what you are doing is important, but with the sensitive nature of your work, you can’t show him much. But I would say that it really impressed him more that you are doing important work and getting paid to use your mind to solve problems and keep people secure.

That is what will win him over in due time.

Comment Number:: 5
Written by:: ck
Posted on:: April 9, 2004 at 12:34 am

About 5 years ago I would have told any kid looking for career advice to look into the computer field.

Nowadays I don’t do that. Corporations are outsourcing the programming jobs overseas. There are fewer system admin / networking jobs available. Right now the only booming computer field that can’t be outsourced is computer security. However, soon I predict that field will be flooded with too many CISSP, SANS grads.

I think it is great to introduce your brother the computer world. Probably the best advice you can give is to tell him to do something he loves or has a passion for. That will get him far in life.

PS: Instead of Hackers show him a real classic WarGames. Actually a GameBoy Advance and some cool cartidges would have kept him busy.

Comment Number:: 6
Written by:: kobs
Posted on:: April 12, 2004 at 11:03 am

Yea, maybe he’s interested in another area in the computing field. Hackers seems to make people want to get into computer security
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