--- title: "Cover Letter | Bloombase" layout: simple --- ## Tait Hoyem Hello, I am a student at the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT), in Calgary, Alberta where I am taking a general IT diploma with a software development major. The simple way of explaining my relationship with security is that it is *exactly* what I want to be doing with my career. When given a chance to talk about anything I wanted related to technology, I chose to talk about Edward Snowden. When given a chance to talk about any emerging trend in technology, I spoke about public-key encryption and the emerging Curve25519 eliptic curve crytographic method. ##### Security and privacy drive how I use computers. I run Linux as my primary operating system. I use an offline password manager. My browser clears cookies every time I restart it. These are all things that I do personally to protect myself. It would be more motivating than ever to be responsible for the protection of somebody else's data. What I have to offer is in my resume. I hope that I will be considered. #### Location I would like to mention that although I currently live in Calgary, I would be willing to move to Vancouver for this position without compensation for the move.