Ever want to learn the lower part of the stack, but it's intimidating as fuck?

libc? Kernel? Compilers? Horrifying random library you wanna figure out how to dissect?

Need a mentor?

I've been doing it for 20 years. My methods are crude but effective. My second programming language was x86 assembly. We don't discuss my first which may have been QBASIC but I outgrew it fast.

I have taught people to code before and I've mentored others for hairy parts of the stack. You're not a guinea pig.

I've got time. I've got inclination.

Requirements:

• A belief you can do it
• A desire to learn Unix at the deeper levels
• You don't scream when you see a terminal prompt
• You can exit nano; exiting vim optional but encouraged
• You should at least know the rudiments of programming

What I will do:

• Help you understand the parts you don't understand
• Help you understand how things fit together
• I don't know everything, but we can find out shit together
• Teach you how to figure it out
• Help review your patches for obvious, glaring mistakes, so you don't look like a horse's ass (it's okay sometimes I too look like a horse's ass)

I charge:

• $0 (gratuities appreciated but not required)
• "Exposure"