TempestTiger

So I'm a baby dev, still in Uni and they don't allow internships in 4th year due to some issues with it so not even that exp wise.

I don't know enough, and I'm trying to learn but there's so much! My Uni degree doesn't cover security at all. Which is shit, bc I think I want to work in that? Mostly I'm just spooked and want to understand everything I can 'cause I love the internet and want to feel safer wandering about it.

I'm scared of clicking on links. Even ones here, like there was a post about a book list earlier and I was just there like "Cmoon.... someone please have posted the lissssst."

Would anyone be willing to share what they do for their own security? Especially if it's ridiculously over the top. Included reasonings and details would be adored!

Also, if anyone has any books or references that might be good for learning sec from a programmatic view rather than a IT view I'd really love that! Anything at all.

Regardless, hope anyone reading this has an absolutely wonderful day and best of luck with everything you're up to!

Know this isn't technically Dev, sorry in advance.

I keep getting outbound malware alerts when I browse global. Today it's lemmy.today, last week it was another instance etc.

I'm interested in learning more about sec, and while I've looked at the JSON logs and tried googling "What does threat id -1 mean" etc., I can't seem to find anything.

I'm kind of just curious about what, specifically, the threat was and what it was trying to do - but the logs seem pretty blank. As mentioned above, the id is -1 and the name is blank.

Anyone know a good guide, or something, to read up or... better questions to ask?

Thank you for your time and hav a wonderful day. :)

So I'm going into my final year of Uni, passed the first semester with distinction. Unfortunately had to defer for a couple years but kept up studying since.

My job ended due to the unexpected passing of my boss. It was a great gig, WFH, flexible hours and not great, but decent pay. Not programming, though.

I need money to get through the year - and honestly, I really don't want to work at anything other than programming.

I'm not even that good. I know what SOLID principles & RESTful services are - but not really how to implement them. I've grinded a bit of leetcode and hackerrank and try my best to learn from the highest rated results only after finishing the assignment on my own. Can solve medium tier Q's, badly and inefficiently.

I know some Java, but only vanilla. I've used python a bit more, but mostly due to all the API's available for it. I know basic JS, HTML and CSS. I can set up a docker instance, but I haven't delved into it because I need to better understand the permissions behind the container and how to secure that properly. I've used Apache Tomcat to serve some localhost projects, and also to host things on AWS freetier and maybe Azure too? Can't remember. Built a DnD bot for a discord group of mine that's easily scalable and has been running with no issues for over a year.

I understand multithreading, Async and anonymous functions. Still getting the hang of using the latter across all languages. Need to figure out specifically wtf Lambda is because I think I might be misunderstanding it. Or the things I've read are referring to two different things.

I know enough SQL to google what I need, but need more exp with Databases in general (design in particular).

I suck at writing tests. Working to get better with that - note to self; how to check code coverage of tests.

There's definitely other things I've done, but I can't think of anything RN.

Am I still too green to be applying to JR roles? Also what kind of roles are there for Jr Dev's outside of webdev? Do I just search "Jr software developer" in job sites? (And on that note having done so, god there's not really much out there right now. Are you still supposed to be a JR with 3+ years exp?!) Any advice (or constructive criticism!) is very welcome.

Thank you for your time, and best of luck with everything you're up to. :)

'Sup! Hope everyone is having an awesome day.

**TLDR; I'm a disaster of a human, hoping to set up as self-employed doing webdev to avoid dealing with other humans/health issues. Still a baby dev and wondering if that's just a selfish and dumbass idea.

So I'm currently finishing up on The Odin Project. I've been programming for about 4 years now, but avoided learning JS or anything close to that because I didn't want to be forcibly shunted into WebDev. I managed to get accepted straight into 4th of a programming Bsc, and was doing great (70%+ on all assignments/projects) until a psychopath I used to live with smashed my computer with a mallet. Due to the financial cost of that, having to flee a country and set myself back up, my savings are fucking gonnnneee. That and I had to defer college for the year 'cause, well, no computer.

I have a litany of chronic health issues that're only getting worse with time. I can't even control whether or not I'll wake up on any particular day - as a result, I'm unhireable due to unreliability. I can get projects done, but it means working odd hours whenever I'm capable. Also even before aforementioned incident, I was terrified of authority figures and fellow humans and the anxiety of dealing with bosses ups my stress levels enough to negatively impact my pathetically fragile health. I am a disaster of a human lmao.

Don't get me wrong, IRL you'd never know it - I'm charismatic and good at talking to people. Before my health got worse I worked as a lead project manager after being promoted repeatedly due to my competence in problem solving and getting shit done. (Different industry, business management not programming)

So, I'm stuck in a room (lucky to have it). Teaching myself webdev, because anxiety/health wise I'm pretty sure I could manage to do cold calling to get webdev jobs. I also have a couple friends who will need someone to do some simple site jobs in the upcoming months, so that's something.

What I'm worried I'm being unrealistic about, is that I'm still a baby dev. Sure, I can set up a django or apache server on AWS (Only starting the Node.js section for the Odin Project later this week). Sure I can make a shitty but technically working website. But I've got a long way to go. I still need to learn server load management, I've only got the basics of server hardening down, and I'm only just starting to build portfolio projects.

What if something goes wrong? I have no one to go to. I started on this path before reddit went down in flames and became another hellscape, and had thought that if I got stuck that maybe a nice senior dev on there would help me.

But I've realized I can't expect other people to bail me out. But also I fucking need money and need to be able to work for myself while also increasing my programming skills. Uni starts back up in a few months, and I need to have shit at least part-way sorted by then because I'm going to have to learn a bunch of new stuff as they've updated the course. I don't have the time or resources to relax. I don't have the physical health to just go get some random job in the meantime. I don't have the mental health to manage interpersonal work relations (admittedly, due to my own issues - which I'm working on, but fuck did I get re-traumatized and set back on that shit.)

The crux of the issue is, I can't sell something I don't believe in. Because I'm mostly self-taught and have no industry exp, I'm sure there's gaps in my knowledge. I don't want to fuck up and hurt someone's business or anything.

Am I being unrealistic? Part of me wonders if I should just give up, tbh. I don't want to be one of those dickhead n00bie coders that make people not want to hire other people if you get me.

Any advice or... anything really would be appreciated. Sorry for the wall of text.