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= F.U.C.K. - Fucked Up College Kids - Born Jan. 24th, 1993 - F.U.C.K. =
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The Hacker Job Hunt
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A job is like a system. It's out there. You want it. Someone else
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controls it. You must find a way in.
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What tools are at your disposal? Nothing but your own skills as a top
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notch computer hacker. Can these skills get you the job you desire?
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Definitely.
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-=-
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Are you not an excellent social engineer? Didn't you convince the
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switch tech to turn off Gail Thackery's phone line? And yet you worry
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about convincing some overworked underpaid pencil pushing manager into
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making you a job offer? Worry not.
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As a hacker, your technical skills are better than 99% of the working
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stiffs in the industry. They access computers because they _have_ to,
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you access computer because you _want_ to. Who has the advantage here?
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As a hacker, you most likely know a good number of people in the
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industry. These connections can help you get your foot in the door.
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Of the five hackers that comprise TNo, four of them got their current
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positions through contacts made in the underground community. Look at
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all of the hackers who work for UUNet. Or consider Coup's company,
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(which shall remain unnamed here) which employs hackers almost
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exclusively. Real hackers stick together.
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As a hacker, you have world class research skills. These skills include
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wandering the Web, penetrating internal corporate machines, social
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engineering information out of unsuspecting employees and (last, but not
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least) trashing. These skills will give you the information needed to
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determine what type of person the company is looking for. Your task
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then is to *become* that person... for at least the duration of the
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interviews. Throwing in bits and pieces of information about the
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company during the interview is an excellent way to show the
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interviewers that you are serious about wanting the job and that you
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will fit in well with the corporate personality. How is your average
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Joe College going to compete with an information machine like you?
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In the job hunt, social engineering starts with the resume. The purpose
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of a resume is not to get you a job. The purpose of a resume is not to
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explain who you are. The purpose of the resume is not to show your work
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history or your qualifications. The purpose of the resume is to get you
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an interview. Do not put too much on your resume, nothing past the
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first five lines of body text is normally read anyway. Bullet the
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important information right at the top of the document. If you are
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applying for a position as a Unix System Administrator, make certain
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Unix System Administrator is the first thing the Human Resources Chimp
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sees when he looks are your resume. Remember, these fools look at
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dozens of resumes every day. If your goes into the wrong stack, it's
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gone. The resume is your password to accessing the system. Once you're
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in, you will need to correctly manipulate the interviewers to proceed to
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the finish.
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For your interview, dress nicely. I don't care if your nick is "Garbage
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Heap," you had better find a nice suit for your interview. This shows
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respect for the organization (truth is immaterial, image is everything).
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This shows that you really want the job, which makes it easier for the
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manager to give it to you.
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Your first interview will be with a Human Resources Chimp. This is
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easy. This person is 100% likely to be scared to death of technical
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people. This person is intimidated by your mere presence. This person
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is inferior, and they know it. Impress this person with the fact that
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you know something other than purely technical information. Talk about
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how the company is doing in the stock market, talk about how much you
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like the companies product, talk about the corporate presidents last
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speech. Talk about anything *BUT* technical topics. Technical topics
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will not impress this interviewer because they are simply too stupid to
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understand anything you are likely to tell them. This interviewer wants
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to know you are a good team member. This interviewer wants to know you
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are personable. This interview wants to be told that you really want to
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work for this company. Give the appropriate input, and you will get the
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desired output.
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Your second interview will be with a Technical Chimp. Your first
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interviewer will describe this person in glowing terms. You will hear
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how this person received his Doctorate in Computer Science from M.I.T.
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and went on to receive the Turing Award for his outstanding
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contributions to computer science. At this point, you might be
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stressing. Don't. The reality is that the Technical Chimp doesn't know
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a damned thing about the position for which you are applying. He may
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have at once known something, or he may never have known anything.
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Either way, he will be afraid to talk tech with you for fear he will
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reveal his inadequacies. Go with the flow. Talk about whatever he
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wants to talk about. Be agreeable. Smile. Interject additional
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information into the conversation to support whatever point he is trying
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to make. Flash bits of technical knowledge whenver you get the chance,
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but do not pressure him into a deep discussion of any particular
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technical topic. Ask non-technical questions about the company. The
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more you keep him talking, the less questioning you are going to
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receive. Ask him to explain fully the systems the company uses. Listen
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intently and take careful notes, but do not press him for additional
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information. If he's not saying it, it's probably because he doesn't
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understand it. Don't make him look bad, and he won't have a gridge to
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hold against you. Even if you turn down the job, this information about
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the companies systems may still be useful to you...
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Can't get past the Human Resources Chimp because you don't have the
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required degree? Call early in the day, late in the day, or during
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lunch. Find a time when the Human Resources Chimp is not there. Or,
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call as a customer having a problem and ask to speak with the manager.
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Remember, as a customer, you are not required to be reasonable or calm.
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As soon as you get the name, find an excuse to get off the line. Hang
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up, call back the next day, and ask for the manager by name. Speak
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directly with the manager who has the opening. Often, these folks are
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not even aware of a corporate policy requiring degrees. And they
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usually don't give a damn either way.
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Even if you don't get this particular job, one more thing you have
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learned penetrating systems will help you: persistence. You can't get
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into every system every time. But, there are always more systems.
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Turned down by U.S. West? I was. But then I received an offer from
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U.S. West Enhanced Services. Turned down by AT&T? How about applying
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at one of the many companies that provide contractors for AT&T?
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You scan the Internet with ISS. You scan the PSTN with ToneLoc. Scan
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the employment field with your fax modem. Go through the Sunday paper
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and fax a resume to *every* fax number in the Computer Science section.
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Go to the Yellow Pages and call every company you would like to work for
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and ask for the fax number of their human resources department. Make a
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list of all of these numbers and fax them your resume more than once.
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Too many resumes get lost for you to expect it will get to an actual
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hiring manager the first time. Wait at least a week between faxes.
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Remember: If you can hack into a system, you can hack into a company.
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And this usually pays better.
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-Voyager
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= Questions, Comments, Bitches, Ideas, Rants, Death Threats, etc etc... =
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= Internet : jericho@dimensional.com (Mail is welcomed) =
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= gote land +27.31.441115 =
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= Arrested Development +31.77.3547477 =
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= Global Chaos +61.2.681.2837 =
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= Chemical Persuasion 203.324.0894 Undrgrnd Indust/Inc. 207.490.2158 =
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= Damnation 212.861.0580 that stupid place 215.985.0462 =
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= Hacker's Haven 303.343.4053 PheedbacK 303.782.0893 =
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= E.L.F. (NUP) 314.272.3426 Misery 318.625.4532 =
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= Dungeon Sys. Inc. 410.263.2258 Psykodelik Images 407.834.4576 =
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= Paradise Lost 414.476.3181 Black SunShine 513.891.3465 =
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= underworld_1995.com 514.683.1894 Digital Fallout 516.378.6640 =
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= PSYCHOSiS 613.836.7211 Bad Trip 615.870.8805 =
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= Plan 9 716.881.3663 suicidal chaos 718.592.1083 =
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= Damaged 801.944.7353 The Death Star Bar 805.872.3151 =
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= Purple Hell 806.791.0747 Atrocity Exhibition 905.796.3385 =
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= Phoenix Modernz 908.830.8265 The Keg 914.234.9674 =
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= Files through Anon FTP FTP.DIMENSIONAL.COM/users/jericho/FUCK =
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= FTP.PRISM.NET/pub/users/mercuri/zines/fuck =
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= FTP.WINTERNET.COM/users/craigb/fuck =
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= FTP.GIGA.OR.AT/pub/hackers/zines/FUCK =
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= ETEXT.ARCHIVE.UMICH.EDU - /pub/Zines/FUCK =
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= FTP.DIMENSIONAL.COM - /users/rage/zines/fuck =
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= Files through WWW: http://www.dimensional.com/~jericho =
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= http://command.com.inter.net (DisordeR's User Page) =
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= http://www.prism.net/zineworld/fuck/ =
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