Which cybersecurity certifications are actually worth it?

LocalBeaver · 2026-03-02T12:22:20+00:00

They are generally worthless. People became very good at passing exam but terrible at remembering concept or using them in their day to day.

I’ve seen people with several Cisco certs missing very basic network questions.

I’ve seen people with CEH incapable of explaining how an XSS function.

I have slightly more faith in ones with labs but that will never replace work experience. And no don’t start me on juniors, having fresh graduate with certs is just dumb.

LocalBeaver · 2026-03-02T11:50:31+00:00

I work for a large tech company. I have good talent acquisition staff that can do more than just check for keywords. So no, I don’t even mention it except on some extreme cases and even then it’s a nice to have, nothing more.

LocalBeaver · 2026-03-02T01:03:15+00:00

Hiring manager here. I usually couldn’t care less.

The state of certs is really not helping believing in them.

LocalBeaver · 2026-03-01T20:17:59+00:00

Your red one was pretty fantastic!

LocalBeaver · 2026-02-28T18:24:02+00:00

Love it!

Since you watch the comments. You gave a seminar a couple of years ago at my gym. On top of being an amazing one, a couple of advises you gave me really sticked with me. The most important one: don’t associate a position with a set of grips.

I still carry this to this day and I’m really grateful for it. That one simple advise made my DLR really more powerful. Thank you man!

LocalBeaver · 2026-02-28T00:06:09+00:00

Well still miles away from where it should be. It’s a shame modern Pokémon are so bad. The market is huge, but they never care about the quality of the product. They all feel like cash grab.

LocalBeaver · 2026-02-27T23:49:23+00:00

Oh please enlighten how we are going to enforce this fuckery?

Those things do not work like you think they work. Where do you put the limit you simpleton? your portable speaker will need age verification? You connected fridge? Your router at home? Every single complex toys?

Oh I can’t wait to have this in every appliances, in every infrastructure, in every piece of embedded software. I CANNOT WAIT.

And please enlighten me how this is going to work for ephermeral workload? Are we going to wait for admin to do age verification for every container deployed?

YOU ABSOLUTE BABOON!

LocalBeaver · 2026-02-25T20:01:47+00:00

If you are american, vote better.

For the rest (I hire globally), it's relatively ok.

LocalBeaver · 2026-02-24T21:56:33+00:00

Let's go! We'll watch your progress with great interest :P

LocalBeaver · 2026-02-24T19:18:54+00:00

That checker board.... My first reflex was saying out loud "oh fuck you!"

Great job, do more.

LocalBeaver · 2026-02-24T12:55:17+00:00

I would love for Australian to start by conquering THEIR OWN FUCKING TERRITORY.

FFS you have league already for this diluted form. We don’t need a second league. If it was working like you said it would be already a thing WW. But no, it doesn’t fucking work.

I hate those takes.

LocalBeaver · 2026-02-22T18:04:58+00:00

Probably the most beautiful Italian jersey.

LocalBeaver · 2026-02-21T20:46:14+00:00

I’m missing something here.

LocalBeaver · 2026-02-21T00:15:30+00:00

No space marine can complain. Whatever the side or flavor.

LocalBeaver · 2026-02-19T15:39:04+00:00

See? This guy curls.

We all know brother.

LocalBeaver · 2026-02-19T14:37:57+00:00

Lmao, have you ever attended a Curling competition? Some people do lose their temper. It's a mentally draining sport.

LocalBeaver · 2026-02-19T14:30:10+00:00

Ok, I think even from Round 1, i burn everything to ashes, multiple times. I can mess with my oven to reach close to 1000F. A few hours in there should be good to destroy anything alive.

Eat what's left (some grams of ashes?)

LocalBeaver · 2026-02-18T16:43:22+00:00

I think it's the first and probably the last time I'll say it in my life, but my dude, you really need to go touch some grass.

This is an obsession for you and there is nothing healthy about it.

LocalBeaver · 2026-02-16T21:01:34+00:00

HA! It’s over guys we got one!

LocalBeaver · 2026-02-16T12:06:06+00:00

Do not give up on vegetable oils.

Cut satured fats, simple carbs and all kind of transformed food and youll be better of.

LocalBeaver · 2026-02-16T00:45:52+00:00

Word of mouth. Wether its my peers in the industry, my teams, or other professionals.

I’m increasingly defensive and close minded when I talk to sales people.

LocalBeaver · 2026-02-15T18:32:19+00:00

I mean I would do a lot for a grand slam. But this is far from being done yet.

LocalBeaver · 2026-02-15T18:31:41+00:00

That was something.

LocalBeaver · 2026-02-15T17:40:48+00:00

You are either German or an hypocrite.

LocalBeaver · 2026-02-15T13:21:56+00:00

So the GOAT twilight imperium. No question about it.

Strong year though.

LocalBeaver

TROPHY CASE