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I completely agree, as a member of the generation in question. Most of my peers disgust me, and I'm not above these issues myself - but I try very hard to fix it.

Fortunately, life has kicked my ass soon enough to wake me up, and my parents did no do a bad job at it either.

If I bootstrap something, I will call myself "Leader Maximo" or, to honor my country, "Dux".

Unless CEO means "Chief Everything Officer."

It's one of those words that somehow become a status symbol and lose their meaning.

Like, well, hacker: I cringe every time someone writes "hacker" in his/her bio without stuff to show for it. Usually it's UI developers, I don't know why.

All around, I started to discard every word that comes with this burden. Words should convey information, not a self blowjob.

Well, I'm not American, so I'm gonna have to take your word for it. Is it really that bad over there?

You would assume wrong. I probably can't make 150 in one set right now, since I train in short bursts, but I could when I used to wrestle in my teens. Five, well, I think I could manage ;)

I didn't mean to belittle the effort, anyway. I know how hard it is train to that level, and I respect it a lot.

I suspect might be important to be hired in corporate environments because, you know, management. That is my outsider's feeling not only to this article but to other articles I read on the matter.

That said, some points the writer makes sound a little strange to me:

"But is ethical hacking an effective counter to unethical hacking, especially when those who practice the latter can do pretty much whatever they want with a wide variety of tools?" Why, do ethical hackers restrain from using those same tools for testing? Unless we are talking about breaking into the facility at gunpoint, mmh. The feeling I get is the classic "I don't know exactly what they do, so must be vodoo" vibe.

"“Typically, these certifications are offered after a class,” Williams said, while cautioning: “None of the skills that hacking requires is easily measurable in a class and exam format.”" No shit. So why do you do it?

"“Certifications are a calling card to say you’re committed to the industry, the profession, and lifelong learning,”" Ah, that's why. Of course, bosses like their certificates.

It's not a technical article, though, so it's more about the "business" side of things.

Why crazy? It's not that impressive; with the proper training it's actually trivial. The fact is, training resistance like this it's not optimal for working on pecs as far as I know.