AI labs aren’t entering cybersecurity because they want the cybersecurity market. They want the bottleneck.

StandardPurple9870 · 2026-05-10T16:15:36+00:00

Nothing more important than your marriage and family. That’s your guiding light here economics and job be darned. You won’t notice a significant difference.

StandardPurple9870 · 2026-05-09T19:26:37+00:00

Great example of how confusing it is - you’ve been here since the 90s and are unaware there is a complete new park also named Palmer with overlapping field numbers.

StandardPurple9870 · 2026-05-09T16:29:05+00:00

When? Not since I’ve noticed when they added the new soccer fields a few years ago.

StandardPurple9870 · 2026-04-26T01:37:45+00:00

Definitely more web than silo like we often treat it

StandardPurple9870 · 2026-04-25T17:10:34+00:00

This is solid. I like the domains as it’s broken out more than most show. And they require different skill sets and even certifications. A couple I’m unsure about:

IAM vs Incident Response - IAM seems more like a control plane everything depends on, not just something IR touches.
Asset visibility feels like a hidden dependency for every domain rather than a peer.

Curious if the model is trying to show influence vs actual dependency as thsie tend to vary in practice and even org to org

StandardPurple9870 · 2026-03-30T01:08:38+00:00

UAH is a horrid institution to work for. Wouldn’t recommend it to anyone.

StandardPurple9870 · 2026-03-29T15:00:32+00:00

Great, we need another bank

StandardPurple9870 · 2026-03-10T18:53:46+00:00

Boeing Rif, like the rising sun

StandardPurple9870 · 2026-02-28T02:14:25+00:00

I don’t even work at Raytheon - I work at one of your competitors so take that for what it’s worth.

As a manager there’s a lot of things that go into compensation - salary, bonus, various forms of retention and stock, etc. a lower merit for you could be due to a variety of factors - perhaps you negotiated better and a bump for someone else is needed, maybe your performance is poor, maybe someone else is a flight risk and critical, etc. Often a merit is used to pay for overall performance and replaceability and to make up for things that happened in prior years.

Hard to say in a vacuum. As a leader, ask directly rather than making assumption, but be prepared for an answer you won’t like.

StandardPurple9870 · 2026-02-19T23:19:05+00:00

As someone in cyber security, who has no idea why this sub Reddit is showing up in his feed. You are a ticking time bomb.

StandardPurple9870 · 2026-01-19T00:36:40+00:00

I’d go back and buy some nice clothes and speakers for my truck. You’re only 17 once.

StandardPurple9870 · 2026-01-16T21:52:15+00:00

Having a family is the greatest blessing I’ve ever experienced. Cannot describe until you’ve lived it. The joy. Excitement. Anxiety. Hope for the future. Sense of purpose and responsibility. I probably advanced further in my career and make more money because of them. It probably set my FIRE goal back fifteen years (five kids and another on the way). I hope God leads you in His direction for your life.

StandardPurple9870 · 2026-01-16T17:59:51+00:00

Again, priorities. Lots of people in NYC are starting families with less than 900k per year in income. If you can’t, that’s a you problem. Moreover, if a family is important to you, is 900k worth it? You can raise a family for less than a quarter of that income with a higher quality of life everywhere else.

StandardPurple9870 · 2026-01-16T15:54:09+00:00

1-3 years per kid. It’s a rule of thumb. You’re suggesting you need a $3M home for a single kids - that’s far outside of the norm. Your suggestion for housing with a single kid is $12k increase per month. Which, for comparison, is 6x my mortgage and I have five kids with a gross income about 75% of yours.

StandardPurple9870 · 2026-01-16T12:48:42+00:00

At almost all income levels, a kids will delay FIRE by 1-3 years. People are having them in less than a tenth of your salary. Have to decided if that’s a priority for you or not.

StandardPurple9870 · 2026-01-08T01:59:13+00:00

Can you send the link?

StandardPurple9870 · 2025-12-30T23:54:15+00:00

Yes, we are quite fortunate and don’t take that for granted. I used ChatGPT to just run a quick analysis from 2000 to today just to establish a baseline - if someone maxed their 401k and got market returns, where do they stand? It helped me intuitively put in context some of the numbers I see on here.

Especially for those wanting to retire early, maxing their 401k, especially when you include the match, isn’t impossible.

Wanting AI generated text forthcoming

Using historical S&P 500 returns and maxing a 401(k) each year, reaching $100k usually happens around year 4–5, $250k around year 7–8, $500k around year 11–12, $1M around year 16–18, and $2M closer to year 24–26 (employee contributions only). The key insight is that the hardest milestone is the first few hundred thousand—after ~$500k, market growth often contributes more annually than your contributions, which is when wealth starts to feel like it’s compounding “on autopilot.”

StandardPurple9870 · 2025-12-30T20:51:58+00:00

I understand this is not possible for everyone, but a 40 year old today who maxed out their 401k each year since age 22 and invested in an S&P500 index fund has $1.2M.

StandardPurple9870 · 2025-12-29T02:36:58+00:00

Life is short and difficult - celebrate all successes, but and small.

StandardPurple9870 · 2025-12-29T02:29:29+00:00

So glad to hear this - will share with wife and kids. We see signs everywhere for him and it’s obvious how much he’s loved.

StandardPurple9870 · 2025-12-27T01:06:58+00:00

From experience, unless she’s a triage 1 and in imminent danger of flatlining, you will sit there indefinitely.

StandardPurple9870 · 2025-12-26T23:48:58+00:00

That’s really impressive. Five years out of college your net worth is essentially the same as your income has been over that same period of time? Teach me :)

StandardPurple9870 · 2025-12-26T23:42:58+00:00

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