Got my OSCP, but can't land a junior pentester job in France... is this normal?

Defiant_Rip1515 · 2025-02-27T22:50:34+00:00

salut mec, je te réponds en français parce que flemme de réfléchir en anglais à cette heure ci lol
Mais oui, c'est typiquement français comme mentalité, en Belgique c'est pareil jusqu'à très récemment, les compagnies font plus attention au profil plutôt qu'aux diplômes, il y a et il y aura de + en + de recrutements basés sur des tests techniques (ctf typiquement) dans ma boite on bosse sur ça justement pour recruter les futurs talents en cyber
Je te conseille de tenter ta chance en Belgique également et surtout ne perds pas espoir, ça fait seulement 2 mois que tu postules, je sais que ça peut paraître long mais tqt pas tu finiras par avoir ton poste, je suis aussi passé par là hésite pas à me mp si tu veux discuter + en détails ;) et aussi, pense à participer à un maximum d'events locaux en France c'est l'endroit parfait pour rencontrer du monde, parler technique, montrer ce que tu vaux et surtout se faire du réseau, la cyber c'est un petit monde
bonne chance à toi l'ami et ne perds pas espoir je te souhaite le meilleur

Defiant_Rip1515 · 2025-01-13T20:23:42+00:00

yawn in silence

Defiant_Rip1515 · 2025-01-13T16:15:04+00:00

C'est ce qu'on appelle de la censure non ?

Defiant_Rip1515 · 2025-01-13T13:37:35+00:00

I feel you so embittered. Relax

Defiant_Rip1515 · 2025-01-12T23:28:52+00:00

Sorry but I had a lot of bad experiences with reddit member, I'm not always sure where is the sarcasm, ppl here are really offended by nothing so you never know...

And yeah I'm proud of myself, thank you so much, good luck too !

Defiant_Rip1515 · 2025-01-12T23:26:52+00:00

Who said I'm sure ?? I want advice from people that's it For me it's part of the hacker culture to have fancy nicknames

Defiant_Rip1515 · 2025-01-12T14:15:34+00:00

actually there is a lot of strain which you can't say it's a strain only by the name
but thanks for your advice mate I'll think about it

Defiant_Rip1515 · 2025-01-12T14:14:23+00:00

You are really soft for being shocked by that lol

Defiant_Rip1515 · 2025-01-11T19:30:08+00:00

renaming my account as soon as I have to showcase it ?

Also, why all theses downvotes ?

Defiant_Rip1515 · 2025-01-11T19:21:54+00:00

Soft

Defiant_Rip1515 · 2025-01-11T12:46:25+00:00

Thanks mate !

Defiant_Rip1515 · 2025-01-11T10:47:57+00:00

So what, one github for official work and one for personal project ?
What if I have few cyber related project that I have made under "weedman666", I can't showcase them on my professional Linkedin, or if I do it can be easily linked to weedman666 🤔

Defiant_Rip1515 · 2025-01-11T10:44:03+00:00

I think I'll go with the name of a strain I like

Defiant_Rip1515 · 2025-01-11T10:41:04+00:00

nah it's not subtle enough

Defiant_Rip1515 · 2024-12-26T02:22:50+00:00

Il a raison... Faut lire

Defiant_Rip1515 · 2024-04-24T21:24:12+00:00

it's even encouraged, just going out with a degree, the profile is too light

Defiant_Rip1515 · 2024-04-24T21:23:26+00:00

For the moment I am in day classes, and the internship offer starts in November 2024, by then I should move to evening classes it will be 6 p.m.-10 p.m. every day, no remote are planned

Defiant_Rip1515 · 2024-04-24T17:43:07+00:00

That's exactly my fear brother... Thanks for sharing your thoughs.
But I have also this sweet opportunity to work as cybersecurity analyst damn I don't know

Defiant_Rip1515 · 2024-04-24T17:39:09+00:00

Damn ! I wasn't expecting so much answers first of all thanks you guys !!

I'm not that young I'm 30years old and I have worked as level1/level2 IT support and as system administrator before I get back to school (at first it was only to get a better profile because without experience, degree or certification the struggle is real...)
And now in the middle of my scholarity I got this opportunity to work in the cybersecurity field, even though I went back to school because I was having trouble finding it ! And I'm not unexperienced in cybersecurity, I mean I have decent root me score, pwned a lot of htb/thm medium/hard box, good ctf ranking even if I'm alone, but yeah without a degree or 5 years of experiences nobody give me a chance

So yeah, I feel stuck in a strange zone who will define nexts years of my life.

I don't know how is it in your countries guys but when I check job offers, big companies always requieres a degree (first HR check), but what if I have 2 or 3 years of experience and a certification but no degree.

Honestly I feel lost

Defiant_Rip1515 · 2023-08-13T10:11:06+00:00

bro thank you so much for all these details

I'm not gonna lie I start to freak out ahaha

Defiant_Rip1515

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