The CHIEF October 2018

Upperclass Acts

Griffin Bailey

NAME: Griffin Bailey

ROLE MODEL(S): DedSec (group), Lindsey Sterling, Edward Snowdin, Lauren and J.D. Canada.

PET PEEVES: People messing around with my things without my permission, people who think they are the best around but truthfully, they are nowhere near. WHAT MY FRIENDS WILL REMEMBER ABOUT ME: A few Personas, that I loved the whole aspect of hacking, Stranded in Wonderland HOW WOULD YOU SPEND $1,000,000? Purchase some gear to enhance my hacking strength (connection through Wi-Fi or Bluetooth), give some of it to my mother, donate to animal shelters and wildlife protection, get a raccoon, make him fat, and name him Burger King if I have enough left. IF YOU WERE STRANDED ON A DESERT ISLAND, WHAT 3 ITEMS WOULD YOU WANT WITH YOU? My sketchbook, a bag of mechanical pencils and a survival hatchet. LAST WORDS OF ADVICE: “I once wanted to be an animator and be this huge art geek like Andy Warhol, but that faded when I realized what it would take to get to that level and I knew I didn’t have it. But I stumbled upon a certain class called Cisco Networking, and I found what I wanted to be, and I’m strongly forcing my way to it no matter what sets me back. I’m taking multiple classes to achieve this dream and I’m doing pretty darn good at it. I guess what I’m trying to say is, try, no matter what happens, just try. You may succeed, you may not, but you’ll never know unless you try your hardest.”

ACTIVITIES @ PTHS: Tech Club, Junior Class Officer, Senior class Officer.

FONDEST MEMORY OF HIGH SCHOOL SO FAR: Building and configuring my rack in Cisco Networking and connecting it to our own network.

3 MAJOR AREAS OF INTEREST: Cyber Security, Art, Video Games

PLANS AFTER HIGH SCHOOL: To start my career focused around Cyber Security probably in Chicago, with a few other people and have a nice cup of coffee at a hacker café chatting about new possible threats in major security network structures. I would like to eventually be good enough at it to be a speaker at Defcon in Las Vegas.

FAVORITE MOVIE: Ready Player One

MOST INSPIRATIONAL SONGS: “Live Before I Die” by Crazy Lixx or “Try” by Pink

FAVORITE TEACHER/CLASS: Cisco Networking 2 with Mr. Masching

FAVORITE AUTHOR/BOOK: Stephen King, The Outsider .

MOST POSITIVE MOMENT: Placing 9th in Skills USA intranetworking entrance exam and then being able to hang out with my networking friends in Springfield for three days.