thejournalizer

Honestly most of the conversations were about getting everyone back online.

I run a small cybersec podcast called Adopting Zero Trust, which launched on the idea that there are simply too many misconceptions for an otherwise valuable strategy and concept. Figured, hey, why not troll vendors a bit by getting them with their own game and launching a fake directory of ZT solutions, and for anyone that stumbles upon it will find links to actual resources.

This is unfortunately expected behavior and a bullet dodged. The only exception would be that this startup likely was expecting to get a funding round to close soon, and because of the recent shifts, VC dollars are drying up. That said, there is still money moving to tech companies.

Your skills are in demand, just may need to work with a recruiter for find a spot that works best for you (how I get most of my roles lately).

Not OP, but I will say, of those companies, only two or so really focus on this as the market is incredibly saturated. For example, Attack Simulator via Microsoft was recently announced, and their O365 brand is one of the most abused. Most have acquired other organizations to find higher ground.

Hey now, I totally added cats, memes, and bacon into my class.

It really depends on the teacher. Just make sure you check their class page, as it often lists where to find the content and if there are live sessions. To find the class page button, just click the plus sign next to the class name, and you'll see the button on the bottom right of the expanded area.

You are right, and unfortunately that has already happened. I have become more diligent about helping teachers who launched their class one or more years ago to host their content in other formats, or transfer them to PDFs. In some cases I was even going to the Google cache version, transferring it to a free blog, and making it available.

One of our main needs with Open Compass was the expenses that came with running servers all the time, and hosting said content. We did not officially define how that would work yet, but ideally the content would be housed in Open Compass, but the teacher still retains all rights/control. At least that way if their domain expired this would be less of an issue. Sadly we're just a very small team, and we are the sole investors.

Rightfully so. UReddit was setup as a self-service with only one developer. Between myself, a few kind subreddit mods, and the dev, it was difficult to verify everything. We mostly relied on the teacher's peers to let us know if something was not up to par. If/When we launch Open Compass, verification will be implemented, and only the best content from UReddit will make it there.

Most of the content listed on UReddit is actually housed on the teacher's own site or subreddit. We are really just an aggregate to help them organize and reach more people. Plus they have complete control and ownership of their content. Unfortunately our non-profit Open Compass hit a delay as we were hoping KickStarter would work out for us.

Unfortunately Kickstarter did not work for us. This will just force our Open Compass to seek actual investors.