Yes, well, I went into partnership. It was hard to leave my previous job in a big company as it was a good company, good package, great people, 10 minute commute. The reason I left was because although the job was good, I would never become more than a small cog in a large company and then retire. I wanted to do something cool, make a difference, and have a shot at earning enough for my family to have a good life and start some altruistic projects.
The things that enabled me to leave and start something new were that I became more known for my work so I was offered opportunities, advances in broadband, video conferencing, web based project management, collaboration tools, powerful hosted DVCS, and other free tools allowed me to easily work from home so I didn't have to relocate or commute for hours.
It has been a good few months, it is going well, and I'm excited for the next year.
The python program was simply the server the attacker sets up. It could be run on any machine connected to the Internet and then accessed by the shell program from the user's device. The emulator and server were run on the same machine to make it easier to record the screencast, but the method works just the same on a real device and a remote server. There is nothing really difficult about how it is done, it is explained in the linked presentation, it is just a nice demo of it.
The things that enabled me to leave and start something new were that I became more known for my work so I was offered opportunities, advances in broadband, video conferencing, web based project management, collaboration tools, powerful hosted DVCS, and other free tools allowed me to easily work from home so I didn't have to relocate or commute for hours.
It has been a good few months, it is going well, and I'm excited for the next year.