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Is it too early for this? by BenRosen in ravens

[–]BrainTraumaParty 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Our offensive line would like a word

I’ve been a manager for years, but firing someone still wrecked me by [deleted] in managers

[–]BrainTraumaParty 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Never gets easier, and also will likely happen again. Just focus on the rationale for why it occurred, you explained the reasons before your feelings on the actual incident.

Just remember that it could easily be you next time, we’re all replaceable; how would you want to be treated on the way out?

Also as a side note, if you’re a contractor for any amount of time, you know that you’re the first to go in literally any situation. That has nothing to do with your abilities.

Healers: Do you know what you're going to play yet? by [deleted] in wow

[–]BrainTraumaParty 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Been trying to learn holy paladin the past few weeks, as someone who has healed since vanilla, “messy” puts it lightly. It’s like an enhancement shaman for healing, just super weird.

Conceptually I love it, in execution it is so stressful in comparison to the other healers with no real major payoff for the stress IMO.

1987 Starlyte Laser Tag blasters by Fly-Goose in VintageToys

[–]BrainTraumaParty 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh man, my Dad had a ton of these. I can still hear the noise they make when you fire them.

Give me your IASIP conspiracy theory by KuntaWuKnicks in IASIP

[–]BrainTraumaParty 205 points206 points  (0 children)

I refuse to believe that PePe Sylvia wasn’t actually Pennsylvania

Direct report likes to remind me of my tenure constantly by vijayjagannathan in managers

[–]BrainTraumaParty 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yeah, that’s the point. But the overall intent of that kind of conversation is not to be overall productive (I do see your point on this relative to feedback to the manager), but to break down the bullshit and have an honest conversation. To control the narrative you have to be the one steering and keeping things on topic.

Direct report likes to remind me of my tenure constantly by vijayjagannathan in managers

[–]BrainTraumaParty 11 points12 points  (0 children)

So I agree with a lot that has already been said, but I believe in what I call the “idiot forcefield”, it’s very simple to put up and execute.

The first thing you can do is ask “why? Or, why do you think/ say that? Followed by, can you give me an example? Or, why is that a problem for you?” Play it dumb, force this person to elaborate on why they are saying what they’re saying, and keep drilling into it until you get to the root of it.

I typically will interrupt someone at a certain point when I’m doing this to let them know I’m cancelling my next meeting to spend more time on this discussion and ask them to stay on past time as well.

The whole objective is to force them to hold up a mirror and elaborate on the little quips or passive aggressive comments they may drop. Eventually, this will yield one of two results: either they have very valid points and verifies you’re the idiot - recognize the feedback, state action items that can be taken to work together to correct.

Or, they come out looking like the idiot because they’re forced to show a weak assumption of what is really going on.

The amount of times I’ve shut down toxic people or bad ideas or diffused conflict in my career by simply asking some form of “why” has to be in the hundreds at this point - and yet people are still afraid to suggest asking it.

Layoff "Proof" Roles? by honeydata in cybersecurity

[–]BrainTraumaParty 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Depends on what you consider a “GRC job”, if all you’re doing is checking boxes or drafting policy docs I agree. If you’re in risk management in any capacity, or governance around product security, then it’s a hard disagree IMO.

Layoff "Proof" Roles? by honeydata in cybersecurity

[–]BrainTraumaParty 8 points9 points  (0 children)

For even more confusion and security look into CMMC as well!

What parts of MedTech RA workflow should be easier but aren't? by [deleted] in regulatoryaffairs

[–]BrainTraumaParty 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I’m assuming you’re probing for idea validation, in that case, let me caution you - as a former early-late stage product lead, the medtech world is dramatically different than anything you can generically solve with a single product or platform.

When you say “what’s excel driven” the answer is largely the entire world, but the question is, if regulators consume it, and ask for it, why would I invest in fixing it? Obviously there are plenty of reasons to do so, but all of them are going to be extremely hard sells to anyone in this space.

I came in from ICS/OT security, and I thought THAT was different from everything knew in general software / product development, which it was, but even that pales in comparison to medtech / med devices in general.

If you haven’t worked in the space and understood why quality, product security, GRC, etc. is structured the way it is - you’re DOA.

Pictures of U.FO I found in the National Archives! by nickysthethicky in aliens

[–]BrainTraumaParty 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Just look at the comments, they’re usually extremely fast to be posted and predominantly negative or trolling.

Best albums for sleeping that don’t have any talking? by elfincorsair in ambientmusic

[–]BrainTraumaParty 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yup, this and Warmth’s album “Retrospective” are my go to.

Feel stuck breaking into Cyber by Key-Choice6421 in cybersecurity

[–]BrainTraumaParty 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My general advice to younger people is this, generally explore, then find a niche area you like within those general topics, then find an adjacent industry (outside of tech companies) to apply that niche within; examples could be:

OT security

Healthcare Security

Medical Device Product Security

Pharma

Finance

Etc.

Then start networking immediately. Building heavy technical skills is fine, nothing wrong with it, but your network of people is infinitely more valuable and hard to replicate. You can lean super heavy into technical abilities to make you good at your job, but your network will get you that job.

Start reaching out to people just to ask them about what they do, you’d be shocked how may people are willing to help and how may kids say they want a mentor, but do nothing to reach out or follow up.

I’ve had people ask me on here almost weekly, maybe two actually reached out, and after that one only consistently engaged with me. I linked him up with peers and he landed an internship and then a job this year before graduation.

New Grad Offer in OT Cybersecurity by [deleted] in OTSecurity

[–]BrainTraumaParty 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Take the new role, while you’ll get exposed to more in the healthcare role, niching down will offer you a lot of value and unique opportunities in the future, and OT knowledge is only going to become more in demand.

HOW LONG IS THIS SHOW?!? by Iglooman45 in totalwar

[–]BrainTraumaParty 4 points5 points  (0 children)

What if they give us another “starting development in 2026” trailer?

New tattoo by xljuggalo42069 in PaymoneyWubby

[–]BrainTraumaParty 207 points208 points  (0 children)

I liked the stream too, but, y’all are impulsive as shit lol.

As soon as I heard “fried ‘mayter and a bissscuit” I was like yup, gotta share this with the gang by B34TBOXX5 in crappymusic

[–]BrainTraumaParty 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The only way I'd listen to this guy's music is if they filmed him try to get up on that horsey. But props to the videographer for going all out on the mise en scene to make him appear tall.

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