# No robots in the gym, with Keith Hoodlet

DevFeed: [No robots in the gym, with Keith Hoodlet](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/no-robots-in-the-gym-with-keith-hoodlet-1943.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://1password.com/blog/no-robots-in-the-gym>)

Author: info@1password.com (Dave Lewis)

Published: 2026-08-14T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Blog on 1Password Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/blog-on-1password-blog.md>)

Topics: [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [Computer science](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/computer-science.md>), [Visual Basic](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/visual-basic.md>), [GitHub](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/github.md>)

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## AI overview

An article about Keith Hoodlet's nonlinear path into security research, his work at 1Password and Off-by-1 Labs, and lessons from his experience in psychology, computer science, leadership, and AI bias research.

## Source excerpt

Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts null Listen now Listen to this episode on Spotify null Listen now This week on the Chasing Entropy Podcast, host Dave Lewis sits down with Keith Hoodlet, Director of Security Research at 1Password and leader of the newly formed Off-by-1 Labs. Keith's mission? "To throw stones at glass houses, not to hear the crash necessarily, but to help people build better and more secure houses." A villain-turned-hero origin story As Keith puts it, "I've always been really focused on skill acquisition over formal titling or formalized skillsets in many ways." After all, he got his start as a self-proclaimed "unpaid punk on the internet, messing with video games, mostly." As a teen, Keith would spoof other Diablo players by using a trial key from the back of a CD case, and taught himself Visual Basic so he could spam StarCraft opponents. He realized early on that he was "pretty good at the whole computer thing." That's why he decided to major in psychology - it was something he couldn't do. He wanted to understand people better. Graduating in the midst of the housing market crash had him working odd jobs for several years. He returned to school for computer science, only to drop out when he received a job offer. From there, he built his career gradually through roles at Bugcrowd, Thermo Fisher Scientific, GitHub, Trail of Bits, and now 1Password. It may have been a nonlinear career path, but there have been plenty of highlights throughout that journey, including winning the U.S. Department of Defense's 2024 bias bounty program; it was one of the first times an organization paid external researchers to prove an AI system was biased and unfit for its intended use. Keith continues to make use of the varied skills he built over those years. For instance, his psychology background may not show up in threat models, but it shows up daily in his leadership: "I start from a place of approaching the other party that I'm interacting with as first a hum