just-talking/user-profile

Who Aner is and what's currently in motion. See just-talking/conversations for the running session log and just-talking/relocation for detailed US-relocation criteria/financial modeling.

Based in Israel, used to southern-Israel climate (hot, minimal cold/snow exposure) — this is the baseline he measures US weather against.
ML/DL researcher background; 8200 IDF (SDR infra, GNURadio curriculum); Gita Technologies (WiFi/Bluetooth protocol security research); MSc thesis on AUC-maximizing loss under label noise (ROLL).
Currently at Applied Materials (as of the 2026-08-31 entries), but accepted an offer at an Index Ventures-backed cyber startup as of 2026-09-28 — founding/early engineer, role shifting toward client-facing "solutions" work, starting around 2026-10-28.
Startup's product focus (learned 2026-09-29): scans and secures networks of utility companies — i.e. OT/ICS/critical-infrastructure security, not general enterprise security. This should drive the vocabulary/domain vendor landscape (Claroty, Dragos, Nozomi Networks, not CrowdStrike/Palo Alto), frameworks (NERC CIP, Purdue Model), and protocols (Modbus, DNP3) he needs to learn. Tracked in the separate ot-ics-security-ramp project (~/projects/tutorials/ot-ics-security-ramp, migrated out of just-talking 2026-10-06).

Planning a US relocation tied to the new job's US client strategy, as the sole household earner on a $200K base salary.
Family: spouse + kids; considering pregnancy — this is why reproductive-rights durability is a hard filter, not a soft preference.
No US credit history or financial footprint yet — a real constraint on insurance/rental terms during the move. See just-talking/relocation.
Leading location candidate as of this date: Phoenix, AZ. Full ranked analysis in just-talking/relocation.