@briankrebs I actually reached out to them to get a demo of their product a few weeks ago. As I was looking for a cyber awareness training solution. Kind of glad they never got back to me now.
But maybe they should focus on getting back to people instead of trying these gross tactics.

@GossiTheDog with the announcement of a new Stargate show coming, I'll be rewatching all of Stargate in the very near future.
Same era when the show started, but I've rewatched Stargate a few times. Such a great show.

@neurovagrant @SwiftOnSecurity 💯 I talk to so many people now. More than I ever did in any other role. It's somewhat hilarious.
And it's people from every department and level in the organisation.

@SwiftOnSecurity there are so many things I did or took on early in my career because I wanted to improve them. None of them were officially part of my role, but they all taught me so many skills that are very useful today.
Not just knowing the application itself, but how to approach learning something entirely new in a quick and efficient way or fundamental concepts that exist in many other products.

@SwiftOnSecurity generalist knowledge is so incredibly useful. Not just to help with investigating anything that is sent the cyber security teams way.
But also to pick up on when someone is trying to bullshit their way out.

@hacks4pancakes Cyber roles do seem to be going into back under the regular old IT banner. This happened when I work.
It's an interesting situation, when the people responsible for compliance with security standards, report to the same person responsible for keeping things going.
Finding that right balance between the two is quite tricky.
My security team is now focused on more compliance rather than architecture and engineering. And that did seem to be the way things are moving in general.

@GossiTheDog indeed. Still wearing a few hats, but they are complimentary. all are security based. I just give advice to people in the other roles now and then back away from it.
Before I would have taken on some of the tasks they did.
Gotten wiser with age I guess 🤣

@GossiTheDog I worked in small and medium sized orgs all of my career and much like you wore many hats. It was a great learning experience.
Not sure I'd recommend it though, you need to be a certain type of person to enjoy taking on that many roles.

@SwiftOnSecurity are you telling me they had to transition to a new identity 😉

@hacks4pancakes many people end up with unrealistic expectations because of these places telling them they'll find a job and the cyber security industry has many open vacancies.
The other thing I find is that people have very skewed perceptions of what people in cyber security roles do. There has been many times when I talk to people wanting to get into cyber security and when asked why it's because they believe they'll avoid some part of their current job they find tedious. I tend to usually disappoint them when I tell them that this tedious part is exactly what they'll be doing a lot of.
*This is all based on blue team roles as that's what I'm in.

After nearly 4 years, I've finally found the time and energy to move all my old email from Gmail to my Fastmail. While I was at it, I also created a brand new Google account that does not have Gmail.
I'll never delete the account, but it will be mostly forgotten about now.
#DeGoogle

@hacks4pancakes been here 15 years and I only use metric, I've had no issues at all.

Metric is the official (legal?) measurement system in Australia for everything, I believe they swapped over from imperial in the 60s or 70s.
So you should order everything in metric units.

There only seem to be 2 types of people that still use imperial for things, those who grew up before the change and those coming from other countries where imperial is still used.

3D printing can be really magical. I mashed together 2 existing models to make this one of a kind gift for a friend, a human skull impaled on a unicorn horn.
#3DPrinting #Gifts

@hacks4pancakes while not as much of a requirement in my traditional cyber role. The lacking fundamentals are a pain point here as well. Our junior staff had a lot harder time understanding problems our finding explanations because they lack for example the fundamentals of how networks work.

@hacks4pancakes I only wear shoes/heels when going to work, going out or riding my bicycle. Every other time I’m in thongs, no matter the weather.

@SecurityWriter This is very important, if there are things that are non-negotiable for you, let them know this as well.
Some places will promise all of these and then try and weasel out of it if it’s not written down. Happened to me a few times, I left these places within weeks, as soon as I found another job.

I’ve been asked about the short jobs at subsequent interviews, I’m always honest.
It will be something along the lines of “Just like I advised you I need this thing, I did with them. They said it was all fine, but when I joined it was no longer available”. This lets people know you are serious about your non-negotiable items.

@SecurityWriter I’ve started thinking of interviews as just conversations. Asking people about their weekend for example, or if they ask about some specific issue ask for more details like you would if someone you knew asked you. It’s amazing how this changes how interviews go.
It both removes nerves as well as make it a lot more casual.

@SecurityWriter that’s good advice, the process works both ways. You should always check if the place is worth you investing your time and effort in as well.

@kaye this looks like a shitter version of my JuiSir. I don’t need no special pouches, just chopped fruit.
(*It does have nets and a silicone bag thing)

@hacks4pancakes that’s something. Why would anyone even think that is a good idea.
If you can’t even be bothered applying for yourself you don’t seem very motivated and definitely not someone I’d want to hire or even provide a referral for.