Matt Shannon is a security engineer at Amazon and he stopped by the crab shed to talk about cyber-security, the tech industry, the crypto collapse, and his own early life. He graduated from UW with degrees in Information Technology and Philosophy and has worked for high-profile companies like Boeing and Amazon. He spent the first decade of his life traveling the country with his parents, selling Chinese novelty goods from the family van, where they also lived most of the time. His story of success is an inspirational one and I hope you enjoy it.

Other topics include:

• MYSTERY FOOT found floating in the Abyss Pool at Yellowstone finally identified.
• The collapse of FTX, Sam Bankman Fried, and crypto in general.
• Warren Buffet's Berkshire Hathaway agrees to pay 200 million to help remove dams on the Klamath River to save salmon runs.
• Peaceful Daniel Miller dies in glorious fashion.
• Raccoons love kittens.
• Twitter, Elon, and the pros/cons of social media.
• Do we live in a simulation?

Matt is a cool dude and I have always hoped that he would find success in life. He works hard and has a great outlook. I hope you enjoy this podcast!

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News links:

1. Mystery Foot Identified! Retrieved from: https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2022/11/17/us/yellowstone-national-park-foot-thermal-pool-identified/index.html
2. U.S. Approves Historic Dam Removal. Retrieved from: https://amp.theguardian.com/environment/2022/nov/17/us-dam-removal-endangered-salmon-klamath-river
3. FTX lied about their valuation. Retrieved from: https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/currencies/ftx-crypto-holdings-fair-value-bankruptcy-filing-sam-bankman-fried-2022-11?amp

Music:

• Amber Lights, Chill Cole.
• Reviving, Megan Woford.
• Mountain Brook, Dylan Sitts
• Air Spark, Robert Ruth.
• Success or Death, Ruiqi Zhao.
• Luv, Bomull.
• Still Fly, Revel Day.

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