9. Tanya Janca on the Power of Community

Here in Episode 9, I speak with Tanya Janca, also known as SheHacksPurple. Tanya is the best-selling author of ‘Alice and Bob Learn Application Security’. She is also the founder of We Hack Purple, an online learning academy, community and weekly podcast that revolves around teaching everyone to create secure software.

In this conversation, Tanya explains how she worked out early on that software developers were her tribe, and how speaking publicly led to further opportunities, first in-house and then as her own boss.

The power of community and generosity of people is a theme that runs throughout this episode, and one that is music to my ears, in the spirit of abundance.

Tanya goes on to explain how there is a long way to go before secure software development gets sufficient recognition and presence academically, and how she is aiming to drive this change.

Her best advice is to make sure there is a market for whatever it is you want to offer.

Enjoy!