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See it actually goes like this:

The cybersecurity field sees the CS and software field as a bunch of posers.

The red team (field) sees the blue team as a bunch of posers.

The actual redteam (opsec white hat) sees pentesters as a bunch of posers.

The blackhat hackers sees white hat hackers as a bunch of posers.

Most (skilled) blackhats work for an APT or Nation State, so we almost never get to see a post compromise attack that actually does anything other than crypto ransom or targeted hardware destruction.

But seriously, this post really depends on what type of cybersecurity work.

Our DC

I would expect to see this from a bunch of internal company blueteam "hackers" ;)

>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.

Sorry for the formatting, I have to add extra newlines and backslashes to make it half-decent. this site sucks sometimes

Sometimes I'm glad I was a failure. I will never be subjected to this type of success.

> goes into field filled with nerds

> shocked that field filled with nerds is filled with nerds

> shockedpikachu.jpeg

cybersecurity people are bootlickers

I hate the word "hackerstars", the rest is fine

I know this story is fake because it shows someone actually getting a job in cybersecurity these days

quietly disconnects from fileshare named Deathstar

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I'm on Twitter because a long time ago it was a good place to get contacts and industry updates. The only reason I'm still on Twitter is because I haven't used it in about 6 years have forgotten the password and can't log in to delete the account.

But anyway being in cybersecurity isn't about being invisible, if you were invisible you wouldn't be in the industry, you'd just be a hermit living in the woods. It's about being aware of security threats and taking precautive action for yourself and your employer. Me posting videos of my rat completing puzzles, doesn't compromise either of these requirements.

Meh, I like cute names like the next nerd, but I've never seen any in practice. It's all TV model number like codes.