Avinesh's Blog » IT http://www.avinesh.com/blog Life. Technology. Cars. Thu, 01 Oct 2009 20:08:52 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 UCFV CIS Mentorship Meeting http://www.avinesh.com/blog/index.php/2006/10/25/ucfv-cis-mentor-meeting/ http://www.avinesh.com/blog/index.php/2006/10/25/ucfv-cis-mentor-meeting/#comments Thu, 26 Oct 2006 06:22:14 +0000 Avinesh http://www.avinesh.com/blog/?p=57 I just got back from the CIS mentorship meeting a couple of hours ago.

It went well, but I must admit I felt a bit out of place being the youngest person there. Nevertheless, it was a good opportunity to meet everyone involved in the program, especially after communicating via e-mail for a couple of weeks.

Topics at the meeting were diverse, ranging from how the IT sector is hot (and CIS / CompSci enrollment is low) to how some students expected to earn $100K right after graduation. We shared a few laughs after that one was brought up. For students reading this, don’t expect to move to management right after you graduate. Start low and work your way up the corporate ladder.

As for numbers, approximately 15 students have signed up for mentoring, and I mentioned I’d mentor a couple (besides my cousin).

Overall, I feel that the mentorship program appears promising for current and prospective CIS students.

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In a survey of office workers in the Liverpool Street Station in London, 71% of employees will part with their password for a candy bar.

You’d think most employees wouldn’t be that stupid. But it happens. All the time. On another note, I’ve seen employees write passwords on everything you can think of — even taped to their monitor (not our workplace though)!

A scene from Hackers comes to mind — one of the first movies depicting social engineering in a similar context (well, a phone conversation).

Bottom-line: one leaked password could cost you a lot more than the price of a candy bar.

Update:

Slashdot is covering a similar story on industrial espionage. Like most users said, it comes down to hiring IT people you can trust, and treating them fairly.

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