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>start cyber security job

>am 27, BSc, MSc, 4 years of xp

>entire team is over 50 with one youngling at 45

>none of them have any formal IT qualifications whatsoever

>boss does not know how to read

>clearly just reads the first few words of a sentence and guesses the rest

>only writes in 3-4 word sentences without punctuation and capitalization

>only time anyone writes any detailed amount of text is obviously with copilot

>they refuse to use Jira because it's "too complicated" even though we all have licenses to it and there's a security project already set up

>have me log ticket statuses in a spreadsheet instead

>but only for 2 weeks, after no one checks it

>all communication is 3-4 sentence emails in threads with 20+ people 100+ emails each going back years

>boss proceeds to talk in a 1-2-1 about how he feels for the fact women don't get to speak while not letting me utter a single word in said meeting

>almost every time I try to add to a conversation in a group meeting it's taken as an attack

>team's main project is to put the password manager behind the same password manager

>half of them are constantly having very basic computer problems

>boss opens group convo on teams only to complain there's "too many messages" and that he can't keep up

>I provide summaries in a few short paragraphs but he doesn't read them

>Boss says he doesn't have access to a system but he's really just unable or unwilling to locate the sign in button

>I complete tasks, but they're never checked on by anyone or followed up by anyone

>sometimes I'm expected to elaborate in detail immediately on random things from 3-4 months ago

>at annual review receive complaints that I'm not doing enough but no specifics

>how positively I'm perceived on a given day seems to not correlate with any work done

>seems to mostly depend on how I look in meetings

>try to make small talk

>most don't seem to understand the concept

>one proceeds to show me his entire house, room by room

>it's completely empty and unfurnished

>wut.jpg

>ask them if they like to do self-hosting or play ctfs or hackthebox

>no one has any idea what any of what I said is

>ask one if he's seen movie_name

>Very awkward pause

>barks: "No"

>Drops off meeting because he had a windows update

>He uses a Mac

>One talks about crypto

>Huge crypto guy

>I somewhat jokingly ask him if he's got a stash of XMR

>he doesn't know what that is

Honestly bros I don't wanna be fired because job searching is hell but there's a part of me that will breathe a sigh of relief when I eventually am. Quirky star wars shit here I come.

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