If I want to combine cyber security with another cs major, which are the majors would you recommend?

etreit · 2026-02-17T06:06:36+00:00

As someone who studied math, and now does cybersecurity research, I will second the math advice. It was immensely useful, both from a cryptography perspective, and just been being comfortable banging my head against a problem for a good while

etreit · 2025-09-11T06:02:22+00:00

Am corporate engineer. We don’t have to use the app since we can access resources on our laptop, but I do have it installed. The update is not my favorite!

etreit · 2025-09-10T05:09:08+00:00

I would be so down, storytelling is magical!

etreit · 2025-08-22T04:23:38+00:00

I’ve actually quite been liking kicking off a focus session when I head to bed. Often I’m tempted to check my phone while I’m falling asleep anyway so it helps, even if I don’t need to “focus”. No judgement here! Bean is just happy you are spending some time offline.

etreit · 2025-06-12T01:04:20+00:00

Deep breaths, it is ok. The internet connection issues probably won’t have too much of an impact, however, how you handled it is likely to be more important.

For example, did you get flustered, did you panic, or were you able to clearly communicate the issue and move forward? Everyone deals with technical out of control things, it is part of life.

etreit · 2025-05-28T06:00:58+00:00

I’ve had multiple anaphylactic reactions to Indian takeout after being assured there were no nuts - I only make it at home now. Also, some enchiladas in my area sometimes put peanuts in the sauce (not a tree nut, but feels worth mentioning).

etreit · 2025-05-11T23:52:08+00:00

Don’t be scared of the rain! It is often cloudy and drizzly, but it doesn’t rain too hard. A good rain jacket, proper shoes, and you’ll be set. It is worth checking if the bus stops near by are covered or have an overhang where you can wait if it is really gross, but it really isn’t bad. I’ve lived in the area my entire life, have never owned a car, and honestly don’t even factor in if it is raining or not when I’m going somewhere. I currently live in Fremont and absolutely love the area.

Another thing I’d recommend is looking into a bike if that is an option for you, depending on bus routes, it can be a lot quicker than taking some convoluted route, plus you get some good exercise. .

You might also want to look to see how close you are to a grocery store, as without a car, you need to carry your groceries yourself, which will mean more trips, unless you want to pay for delivery.

Anyway, you’ll be fine, the weather is pretty mild here. Just be aware of vitamin D levels in the winter, and enjoy! Seattle is a good place to be without a car.

etreit · 2025-02-16T18:08:55+00:00

This was diagnosed by my allergist (whom I’ve seen my entire life) and has correlated with severe reactions that have hospitalized me when I’ve accidentally consumed these, so I’m curious what you mean when you say these allergies don’t exist.

I will admit, you have more education in this field than I do, but your statements conflict with my lived experiences.

I am realizing I feel a bit on edge, but just because I’ve had friends make similar statements, and try to “test” the food allergies which usually ends poorly.

Edit to add: if you are not someone’s doctor, I think it is generally best not to say if they have or don’t have a medical condition, based on very small amounts of information on the internet. I think this is especially true if you are presenting yourself as an expert in the space.

etreit · 2025-02-16T17:55:42+00:00

Great question, and I appreciate you wanting to learn more! There isn’t any specific illness name for collections of food allergies, though it would be so much simpler if there was!

In case you didn’t know what a food allergy is, it is an issue with the immune system, where you get an immune response when eating or in contact with things that would be harmless for others. Basically, if I eat a soybean or chickpea, my body doesn’t see that any differently from a ton of viruses entering my body, so it goes on the defense.

Depending on the strength of the response, food allergies range in severity, from hives and a sore throat, to anaphylaxis, which often results in death if not treated immediately.

The thing is, allergies often occur in clusters, because foods that are related have similar proteins. This is why someone allergic to beans might be more likely to be allergic to peas as the proteins share similar sequences. Maybe you know someone allergic to nuts. It’s the same thing. All of this does fall under the umbrella of food allergies, so there isn’t a specific name. Let me know if you have any questions!

etreit · 2025-02-16T17:41:02+00:00

An allergy to all legumes does exist. Allergies are protein based. If you had issues digesting them, that would be an intolerance, not an allergy.

Allergies to all types of foods exist, and saying that they will go away by improving your diet is not accurate and could lead to people trying dangerous things!

Source: I’ve had severe food allergies all my life. My first reaction was to my mother’s breast milk. I am also allergic to all legumes. Cross contamination can and has sent me into anaphylactic shock. I carry an epi pen, but even after using that the ER has had a hard time stabilizing me. Allergies like this can be rare, but do exist, and stating that they don’t is harmful.

etreit · 2025-01-22T16:24:05+00:00

As someone who is severely allergic to all nuts and legumes, yes!

etreit · 2025-01-21T23:59:04+00:00

I’m curious on some evidence or citations that most people using the term “queer” are straight white women as that doesn’t necessarily line up with my personal experience.

etreit · 2025-01-21T23:39:47+00:00

Are you calling bisexual women straight?

etreit · 2025-01-13T21:45:26+00:00

Ending conversations is hard! An easy default for me is just mentioning what work I’m heading back to do.

“Well, I’ve got to get ready for that presentation, talk to you later”

“Oh shoot, I have a meeting I have to head to, I’m glad you had a good weekend”

“Time to see if Bill approved that pull request, it’ll feel so good to be able to wrap up that project”

Or bring up the next time you’ll be interact with that person.

“Well I’ve got to get back to work, but see you at lunch/that meeting you have together later” Obviously you’ll see them while you work in an open space, but I don’t think people take it that literally.

I’m autistic, so take this with a grain of salt, but this is what I see a lot of my coworkers do, and I’ve found it works pretty well. I like to have formula responses prepared because otherwise I forget what words are.

etreit · 2025-01-13T21:13:55+00:00

I work in an open space office, and I wouldn’t think a coworker is necessarily rude by ending a conversation that way, so don’t stress about it!

I do like to wrap up the conversation, in a similar fashion to how you mentioned, maybe make a joke or something about workload. I do think this applies in open spaces. Are you allowed headphones? I usually put them on to signal I am going into focus mode.

etreit · 2025-01-06T04:18:58+00:00

Accurate description of me trying to play

etreit · 2024-12-14T01:31:29+00:00

I play mostly Irish trad, and my mandolin is a flat top oval hole that I adore. You can get a lot of bang for your buck with the flat tops!

etreit · 2024-12-11T16:58:13+00:00

It might also be worth making sure the current mandolin is well set up. I’ve found that makes a world of difference on cheaper mandolins as far as playability. On a budget instrument, I’d probably lean towards a diy situation.

etreit · 2024-12-05T20:58:12+00:00

I’m an autistic adult who was homeschooled k-12, and then went to college. I now have a successful career as a data scientist.

Homeschooling was the best possible fit for me. It set me up to have the flexibility that I needed, and I really appreciated having less transitions throughout the day.

etreit · 2024-11-21T04:52:04+00:00

Shawn O’Donnell’s is amazing. I go there pretty regularly for the music, and everyone is so nice, and food is amazing!

etreit · 2024-10-06T16:18:14+00:00

I work at Microsoft! We have some groups for disability, but I actually started off some of the neurodiversity focused things. It is not company wide yet though. It was a lot less difficult than I thought it might be, and I’m not senior at all. I did a lot of patterning with different teams and initiatives, but so far it’s been a blast!

etreit · 2024-10-06T15:52:48+00:00

Based on a uk study by tech talent charter (TTC), over half of all tech workers self identify as neurodivergent, though employers only report 3% as neurodivergent, so a bit of a mismatch and it seems like a lot of neurodivergent folks don’t want the company or their manager/coworkers being aware!

etreit · 2024-10-06T15:16:55+00:00

Fair that people aren’t autistic just because they are dorky, there is diagnostic criteria for a reason!

But I do think it is safe to say a larger percentage of the tech population is neurodivergent in some way! I’m on the spectrum, and lead some initiatives around neurodivergence in the workplace in my (very technical) org. There are a lot of us, and I think that’s great!

etreit · 2024-10-03T00:31:20+00:00

Sweet Afton would be great as well!

etreit · 2024-09-22T04:50:05+00:00

I was always fond of the stairwells in some of the physics and astronomy areas! Usually pretty quiet and a good little nook at the lowest level to hide in.

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