The topic for episode three is set.
Ego?
Fuck Your Ego!
We're expecting some sparks in this one, but before you get all out of sorts, let us explain. Step one in our explanation is a simple definition of the word “ego”.
So, you see, ego is necessarily bad. A person's sense of
self-esteem and feelings of self-importance are good things! We'd be dead wrong
to beat up on that without further explanation. Where we're going with this
episode is when your/my ego gets out of whack, either inflated or deflated.
When to "Fuck Your Ego"
There are two times when it makes sense to say “fuck your
ego”:
1.
When your ego is over-inflated, and you use it
to harm others.
2.
When your ego is under-inflated. Fuck your ego
if you beat yourself up or tell yourself you’re not good enough!
We all know someone, and maybe it’s you/us, who’s ego is out
of balance. This is simple human behavior that isn’t industry specific, but we’re
going to apply this to our industry, nonetheless.
Over-Inflated Ego
All of us have run into the asshole who makes you feel two
feet tall. Ever asked one of these people for help? Often, their self-worth is shallow,
measured by the number of Twitter followers versus the number of people they’ve
helped. These people are toxic and we’re going to talk about it/them.
Under-Inflated Ego
Low self-esteem is a killer, literally sometimes. We’ll go
down this road a little, but this topic is a future episode unto itself.
Rules
What?! Well sort of. Even we have boundaries! We’ll do our
best to NOT call out the bad examples by name in this episode. Doing so puts us
in the same boat (or at least the same lake) as the people we’re complaining
about. We’re not bullies, so we’ll try our best to steer clear of outing
anyone. On the flip side, we will point out people in our industry who are
GREAT examples of honesty and humility.
We’ll start with “Ashley” or @Infosec_Talyor as a good
example, her banner pic sort of says it all!
See you at the shit show!
- Security Shit Show Crew (Chris, Evan, and Ryan)
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