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Abe
@grownuphacker.com
Once upon a time I broke into computers for fun.
Now I enjoy leading cybersecurity programs and going for PRs on hours/days without a mobile phone on me. Try it.

https://grownuphacker.com if you want to stalk me.
Source train it with governed data and you now have a true competitive differentiator.
November 24, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Point-in-time decision-making is powerful with AI but augmenting it and challenging its results with a creativity-based, dreaming, carbon monoxide convertor that accidentally loudly expels air when its happy is very powerful.
November 24, 2025 at 2:22 PM
You: "I need a car."
Sales: ....

** everyone blinks slowly **

This is completely unrelated to onboarding customers of course. Completely unrelated. Satisfaction comes from overcoming challenges, after all.
November 20, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Sales: "Ok. Is there anything else?"
You: "What do I do now?"
Sales: "Well, you drive whereever you want to!"
You: "Yeah, but where?"
Sales: "Maybe home. The mall. The grocery store. The golf course. The world is now available to you. Enjoy."
You: "Which one?"
Sales: "You decide..."
November 20, 2025 at 2:22 PM
How do my fellow leaders keep it all organized?
October 24, 2025 at 1:22 PM
They don’t replace your strategy, they help you execute it without burning out your team.

In a year where budgets are tight and threats are relentless, “DIY” is often the slowest and priciest path.
October 9, 2025 at 1:22 PM
This can be very empowering, but the hidden costs can pile up. By the time you’ve staffed, trained, and re-trained, you’ve spent more than you would have by leaning on experts who’ve solved the same problems hundreds of times. TAMs and PS aren’t shortcuts, they’re accelerators.
October 9, 2025 at 1:22 PM
4. Blame is easy. Resolution is hard. Blame has no results other than weak people feeling slightly less weak (not being less weak, just temporarily feeling it).

Go forth, my friends, make some colossal mistakes and then improve the world with them.
October 7, 2025 at 11:34 PM
3. There will be no greater knowledge of how an organization truly works in a disasterous moment than the leadership coming directly out of a disastrous moment. A fire happens to be a great fire drill.
October 7, 2025 at 11:34 PM
1. You lost the resilience, personally and professionaly, that was just built from the failure.
2. Experience is learning from anything that didn't work. You now have a more experienced leader than you had moments ago.
October 7, 2025 at 11:34 PM
First, what do dislike the most right now? Second, what would make your boss happy as an outcome from this transaction."

There is a lot of experience in this statement. Enjoy the free resource.
September 27, 2025 at 8:54 PM