Hi! I'm Danielle from NYC.
I've been into Hacking since I was is middle-school when me and my friends used to mess with payphones in the 90s and write stupid little programs in q-basic. I used to mess around with config and registry files back in the day to make demo software work in full-mode, I didn't even realize that was hacking lol.
Unfortunately my parents weren't super keen on computers, so I feel like I was a bit behind when it came to learning about what actually is happening on the metal.
I do interactive broadcasting for a major cable network, mostly working in Python and NodeJS, with my best friend ffmpeg. I've been considering a switch into info sec for a long time. A few years ago I applied to work for a cybersecurity company via a hidden job posting in a crypto. They hired the top 2 people, and I came in 3rd place, which I was really proud of myself considering I have no formal training (and learned GoLang in a week for the test)
I've been spending COVID refining my skills and I plan on reaching out to that company again...would love to talk to people about using infosec and cybersecurity to make the world a more inclusive, fair, and open place.
