Yazan Armoush

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Discord call with Kevin Barta
Talked about his interview with a recruiter at Armin (sp? - some security company) for a sales engineering role - went well
Mentioned he gave his salary expectations during the interview; advised him not to do that as it boxes you in
Had a broader conversation about having more confidence and knowing his worth - when you don’t want to lose a job, desperation can seep out and undercut you
Yazan was very thankful for the advice and wrote down notes
At work today with Ned Baker, calmly told Ned to wait on the consultant for a PCI certification item
Insisted by asking Ned if he knew the item - when Ned didn’t, Yazan said they’d go with his approach
Ned wasn’t happy but begrudgingly went along
Yazan was pleased he stood his ground instead of accommodating Ned’s anxiety

Spoke on Discord (same call as Kevin Barta)
Talking about difficulties at work with manager Ned Baker (VP of IT & Cyber Security) at Medcan
Has been taking my advice to stay calm and drop from calls early before they degrade
Ned noticed Yazan doing this and has gotten irritated
Finished 9/~20 checklist items for PCI certification

Conversation I sparked - Yazan discussed compensation with Ned
Showed median compensation for his roles is ~150k TC (getting ISO/IEC 27001:2022 + PCI DSS v4.0.1 certification for Medcan)
This was right after previous technical lead Kamen left (disliked, pretty bad)
Kamen had claimed Yazan made his life difficult by not helping - Ned relayed this to Yazan
When Yazan brought up compensation bump, Ned accused him of leveraging Kamen’s dismissal and potentially forcing him out (typical Ned rambling)
Ned agreed to bring compensation discussion to HR - that’s where it was left