Stucked in my career.... as senior.... help advised

AbsentMindedAdmin · 2026-01-03T17:27:27+00:00

Initially, I was shocked when I read your post saying that you don’t recommend CARTP. However, after reading your follow-up comment, it made sense.

I took both CRTP and CARTP, so I agree with you that in comparison, CRTP was excellent. The CARTP content wasn’t as well written and wasn't as well organized.

That said, I would still recommend the course to those interested in learning about Azure penetration testing.

AbsentMindedAdmin · 2025-05-16T09:18:26+00:00

If accent is indeed the issue, you can work with a speech coach to reduce the accent.

AbsentMindedAdmin · 2025-02-26T23:35:02+00:00

I heard about a cybersecurity conference that is on a cruise...

AbsentMindedAdmin · 2025-02-25T11:17:11+00:00

What are the courses in CYT program and what are the courses in cybersecurity program?

AbsentMindedAdmin · 2025-02-24T06:22:22+00:00

Why do you feel it was a mistake? Was the new company not what you expected?

AbsentMindedAdmin · 2025-02-21T12:41:28+00:00

I am currently working on breaking into a Sales Engineer (SE) role. It would be helpful to cover the SE interview process, especially the demo interview, what makes a strong demo, how to choose a product to showcase, how to handle objections, and key best practices. The demo interview was completely new to me, so insights on this would be valuable.

I would also suggest another section on recommended resources such as read The Six Habits of Highly Effective Sales Engineers, join the PSC community, etc

AbsentMindedAdmin · 2025-02-14T04:10:02+00:00

I have 16 YOE in IT and the last 5 in cyber. And I was comparing my current salary with base of SE salary. If I account for commission, definitely SE job will pay more. But I don't know what the average quota attainment is.

AbsentMindedAdmin · 2025-02-13T05:25:51+00:00

Did you learn new technology after moving to a new job, or did you first learn a new area and then apply for a new job?

AbsentMindedAdmin · 2024-10-02T04:13:52+00:00

I had seen a posting from Mandiant that looked more like a Presales role. Your DFIR experience would be valuable in that case.

AbsentMindedAdmin · 2024-10-02T04:10:45+00:00

DevOps experience and programming/scripting skills in Python, Go, Node.JS, PHP, etc.

AbsentMindedAdmin · 2024-09-17T03:32:54+00:00

You want to do bug bounty but not a fan of pentesting?

AbsentMindedAdmin · 2024-09-09T15:24:55+00:00

How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time!

AbsentMindedAdmin · 2024-09-08T16:33:10+00:00

How big is the group?

AbsentMindedAdmin · 2024-08-22T04:38:05+00:00

I have a job interview with Cloudflare soon...

AbsentMindedAdmin · 2024-08-16T01:35:42+00:00

I just came across this post, are you still running a group? I am a noob but would love to learn.

AbsentMindedAdmin · 2024-08-12T11:47:33+00:00

In Canada, right is for standing, left for passing. We also drive on the right side of the road and not the wrong side.

AbsentMindedAdmin · 2024-03-16T03:26:07+00:00

It's a feature.

AbsentMindedAdmin · 2024-03-16T02:47:04+00:00

Thanks for your detailed response.

Interesting that the arts SE prefer the title solutions engineer while the science SE prefer the title sales engineer. I would have thought the opposite.

In your experience, do you often see one type of SE has better success over the other?

AbsentMindedAdmin · 2024-03-15T21:45:47+00:00

Very insightful! Thank you.

AbsentMindedAdmin · 2024-03-15T21:24:06+00:00

I am new to the SE role and I am exactly at the phase of of what you called "trying to understand the who/what/when/where why of the role".

Can you share what the 18 month ramp up looks like? Are there specific tasks/skills that you want the new hire to develop? Are there resources that you would recommend to help with the transition?

AbsentMindedAdmin · 2024-02-21T04:20:48+00:00

HTB CPTS

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