diversifytech.co is a collection of resources for underrepresented people in tech, latest featured story, Nemesis Contreras! Nemesis works with us at Adafruit!
“… security work for Adafruit Industries as a remote contractor. I currently triage incoming vulnerability reports for the bug bounty program we have at Adafruit and in my free time also try to find valid bugs to submit on platforms like HackerOne and Bugcrowd.
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Great story, lots of inspiration, Nemesis is a fantastic addition to our team at Adafruit, thank you for the excellent work together Nemesis!
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