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Hair to Tech10 - First Steps in InfoSec & Cyber Security Architect with Craig OlsenThis is our 10th episode, wooo!Craig is a Cyber Security Architect at Liberty Mutual. He's been with Liberty Mutual for 15 years, and doing security for 12 of those years. Craig was also an adjunct professor at Southern New Hampshire University teaching information security. He's had A LOT of experience bringing new people into infosec, which makes him the perfect person to talk to at this point in Amber's journey. Craig and Jen demystify plenty of things for Amber about working for a company, like work-life balance. A few things w...2020-10-3059 min
Hair to Tech9 - Art Major to SDET with Pax NoyesPax has been in a QA role for about 6 years. She is a mother of 3 toddlers and majored in art in college. She doesn't consider herself a technical person by nature but worked her way up from the billing department at a web hosting company. Pax explains how she transitioned into tech from an art background, and has proven that there is certainly a place for creative thinkers in this world. Her self-directed journey is inspiring and motivating!This episode is a great follow up to episode 7 (creativity translates t...2020-10-0935 min
Hair to Tech8 - Setting Boundaries & Web DevelopmentToday we talk with Ronda Fisher who is an IT specialist for the US government, and has had her own web design and business branding agency for over 10 years. There is no question that her thorough understanding of back and front end makes her an invaluable web designer! In fact, she was selected for the 2020 Best of Layton award in the Information Technology category! Ronda shares excellent tips about setting boundaries and finding clients that are a good fit, this is applicable to just about any industry. If you're looking for a kick ass w...2020-09-1824 min
Hair to Tech7 - Creativity Translates to ComputersA lot has been discovered and changed since the beginning of this project. Amber was originally interested in pursuing web development and after exploring more options has decided to follow Jen down the path towards cyber security! If you're a creative or current stylist, this is the episode for you with resources and what the journey has been like so far!If you're interested in making a career change, let us know! Supporting and encouraging others along this journey is hugely important to both Jen and Amber. Resources mentioned in Episode 7 in or...2020-09-1531 min
Hair to Tech6 - Key Logger Quiz & Systems Engineer with Michelle AshbyMichelle is a Systems Engineer and has over 25 years experience in cyber security, infrastructure engineering, dev ops, and has lead many engineering teams. She loves and is fascinated by technology and has dabbled in many many areas.It turns out that Michelle's mom was a cosmetologist for over 25 years, and also ended up changing to a career in tech doing graphic design! Creativity transfers into many avenues including technology. We talk with Michelle about her start in tech, social engineering, phishing, finding a good company culture, and so much m...2020-09-0444 min
Hair to Tech5 - Over 10 Languages & Project Management with Lucretia MayLucretia has been in IT for over 20 years. She is currently in a project management role over risk controls and compliance, codes over 10 languages, has been in health care, education, and utilities, and earned her Masters in Project Management and PMP certification! To sum it up, Lucretia is the whole package!Lucretia pointed out that stylists already are project managers, WOW. Who knew the skills you develop in running your own hair business are totally applicable to many other industries, especially communication?!( Amber definitely didn't realize this until Lucretia connected those dots!)2020-08-2131 min
Hair to Tech4 What are These Words and Software EngineeringWe talk with Ayla who is a software engineer for Recurison. She is on their data engineering team and spends a lot of time working on cloud infrastructure and building data services. Jen and Ayla help Amber understand a few new tech words - Dev Ops, Kubernetes, and JVM. Ayla mentions how helpful understanding cloud services is, and to always keep learning!You can learn more about Ayla on LinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/aylaykhan/The web developer bootcamp on Ud...2020-08-1225 minHair to Tech3 Chicken Linux and PentestingIn Episode 3 Jen and Amber interview Holly Grace Williams. Holly has been in security for 13 years and is currently the technical director of Secarma, a cybersecurity consultancy firm specializing in penetration testing. She has a YouTube channel and blog about security, check them out!YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo8a...Blog: https://gracefulsecurity.com/2020-08-1115 minHair to Tech2 Here I Am, Two Years LaterAmber and Jen discuss some education and training options. Also, hipster moments.Minor correction -- the degree was a Masters in Computer Information Systems, not cybersecurity, and I swear Jen wasn't drinking. Good grief.University of Utah: Cybersecurity Bootcamphttps://continue.utah.edu/proed/academy/certificate/cybersecurity-bootcampUniversity of Utah: Coding Bootcamphttps://continue.utah.edu/proed/academy/certificate/web-coding-bootcamp2020-06-2636 minHair to Tech1 Women in Tech Have MagicAmber starts her journey towards tech and Jen commits to finding women in technology fields to talk to Amber about what they do and how they got there. Here are the links to the articles we discuss on this episode:National Science Foundation: By age 6, gender stereotypes can affect girls’ choices. https://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=190924&WTFast Company: The gender gap in cybersecurity puts us all at risk for online crime. 5/30/2020 https://www.fastcompany.com/90511054/the-gender-gap-in-cybersecurity-puts-us-all-at-risk-for-online-crime2020-06-1130 min