Opening my Linux terminal or code editor seems to trigger the thought of "hacking". Combined with being a cybersecurity major I find myself explaining to people why I can't help break into their exes' Instagram accounts... or can I? 😂 In the tech world, patience and persistence are the top skills and it's the foundation for successful hacks.
The first thing is to change the narrative, might have a couple of "moguls" here, but "hacking" isn't just about illicit activities, it involves outside-the-box thinking to solve a problem, it's a process and not a result so let fire on 🚀💻
Hacking takes form in every space, from the successful startup hacks at Silicon Valley, successfully hacking investors, to Steve Jobs's innovation hack where he pushed for outside-the-box thinking leading to extraordinary engineering, if you ever get the chance to read the lean startup you'll get to see that it is all about startup who have implemented hacks.
Clickbait got you at "hacking"? no biggie I'll touch it, television has gotten everyone's mind warped on lines of 0s and 1s running on screen LOL it's not that in short, it's never that. the book "Hacking: The Art of Exploitation" shows real-life examples of successful security-breaking hacks, you'll notice that each hack is different taking various forms as the situations differ but one thing is constant the ability to see a problem take a step back, break it down, simulate it, test it and carry out exploit.
so let's hack further; For Business Hacks we use Agile innovation, Customer Delight, social media for networking, and People Hacks such as active listening, memory boosting, and positive affirmations. so we see that hacking has gone beyond tech walls it encompasses creative solutions and strategies in various aspects of life.
so how do we hack?
The first thing we do is define the objective, whether coding, ethical, malicious, business, startup or fashion hack this is the first stage of determining what the target is and what the endgame. 🌟💡 well for you workaholic your objective is closure, for your startup it's getting the investor's money💰
Research comes in next and it comes in hard, just like a detective investigating a case, Gather intel and understand the system to be hacked. you can't hack someone if you don't know them or code a distributed system if you don't understand it. here we find all that is needed
Planning and Strategy, we draw out roadmaps, in hacking your ex, what hack technique would work depends on how much you know of them, or in terms of fashion hack we have curating style, developing a method of combining colors, patterns to make an impression
So when do we hack? we're here we hack here we execute all we've planned, we code it out, we design it, we get them to do it, we innovate, and we get our snoopy eyes the unsatisfaction we so desire
solving it doesn't mean the hack is over hacking is a continuous process, adaption and changing is key this is what differs normal people from hackers, they get what they want but don't stop there .... like why to stop there? when you can milk this bad boy for all it got..... that's the stuff
No matter the field, tech, music, public speaking, or sport there's a hack and it leaves you to grow into becoming a hacker. Grow an as a Hacker !!