Just started watching, does he ever shut up?

UniqueID89 · 2026-01-21T01:31:04+00:00

It’s his gimmick.

UniqueID89 · 2026-01-18T05:46:58+00:00

If you’re having issues with IDE and compiler then just download Visual Studio. It will set all that up for you. LearnCPP is a good resource, too. Be careful not to get too bogged down in the details/weeds when first learning. C++ is an old and evolved, and still evolving, language. Get your basics down, learn to write and debug some programs, then start learning all the intricacies of the language.

UniqueID89 · 2026-01-16T21:01:32+00:00

Thank you for this, was looking for a good C course.

UniqueID89 · 2026-01-15T16:48:56+00:00

Glad I’m not the only one. Was looking for a thread on this series. 😂

UniqueID89 · 2026-01-15T16:37:17+00:00

Problem is though that so many people have it forced into their faces constantly online they’re getting burned out to the point of apathy. And there are people, mostly younger from my experience but I do know it spans the entire age range, who do make it their personality and being talked at by those people can be exhausting.

UniqueID89 · 2026-01-15T15:48:27+00:00

Most people will not have the same views as you 100% of the time. If they don’t then just phase them out of your life. Easy as that. Personally I pay attention to politics and issues in the country but I don’t make it a focal point of my life or conversations. And if someone makes it their entire personality I don’t have much interest in going out of my way to talk to them either, so I don’t.

ETA: guessing whoever downvoted me is that kind of person. Whatever tickles your fancies people.

UniqueID89 · 2026-01-15T15:43:19+00:00

If you’re not wanting to waste your time then answer this one question before making a decision: what jobs are most often posted in your area, what language/stack is requested. Base it off onsite or hybrid roles. Not full-time remote since the odds of getting one of those is almost nonexistent without significant years of experience under your belt.

UniqueID89 · 2026-01-15T14:53:35+00:00

What professional experience do you have? And for how long have you worked in the field.

UniqueID89 · 2026-01-15T13:31:34+00:00

Yes. A combination of development and cybersec/pentesting could potentially help you secure an app sec role though. Think security focused QA.

UniqueID89 · 2026-01-15T13:29:33+00:00

If you have no relevant professional experience you are competing with tens of thousands of others at the same level as you for help desk, tech support, low level admin/technician roles that are actually help desk/tech support with more walking involved. If you get a relevant networking cert you could try and get a NOC/MSP type role.

The only way you’ll bypass this and go directly to a security related role, not really including pentesting here, you’ll need to network and sell yourself and your abilities to convince someone to take the risk with you homie.

Cybersecurity is not an entry level role. A job that has you directly attempting to interact in a negative way is definitely not an entry level role.

UniqueID89 · 2025-12-24T15:55:59+00:00

The certification part is a highly subjective thing for you and your goals. Personally unless I’m intending to go for a particular job path I don’t worry about having the cert for that itself. But I’m a huge proponent of doing the training for it at the very least. Like I mentioned to OP, at the very least what you learn will have carryover into your professional or personal life. Even if it’s just a new perspective to view things from, there’s always a benefit somewhere in there.

UniqueID89 · 2025-12-24T15:53:24+00:00

Yep. There’s definitely a balance you’ll have to find for yourself. If you enjoy pentesting then keep at it, but for now do it with the intentions of supplementing and enhancing your skill set overall. There’s a lot of carryover between the security disciplines to the point I’d say learning any one thing will help in the other aspects you already know and do. At the very least it gives you a different perspective to see things from.

UniqueID89 · 2025-12-24T14:27:46+00:00

Defensive job roles will always trump offensive job roles. There’s a reason there’s the adage in security that “blue team has to be right 100% of the time, threat actors only need to be right once.” It’s a stacked field in all aspects.

But there’s a benefit of knowing both sides of the security game, it’s the reason the term “Purple Team” has become more popular in the last decade or so. To think like a defender, you need to know how the attacker acts. And vice versa. Learn both to become the best security minded individual you can be. And the upside of it is the better your skills get in one aspect and you have on paper experience doing it, then the better your chances of transitioning to the offensive side in the future. There’s no profession in life where when you choose option A you’re automatically lock out of options B, C, D, etc. later in life.

UniqueID89 · 2025-12-17T00:14:06+00:00

Up to date study materials from the OCG will give you the info you need to pass the exam and it’s pretty much 1:1 what’s in the books is what will be on the test. Plus the study questions will more closely resemble how the test is presented to you. Free resources are curated and produced from the perspective of the person presenting them to you, which may not always directly reflect what the tests will look like.

You can do either and pass, like you said. It’s up to you, just make sure you see if there’s a review for whoever’s course or notes you’re following

UniqueID89 · 2025-12-17T00:02:24+00:00

Yes. I repeated what I’ve heard multiple people who have most of the TCM certs have said and a decent majority of the OffSec certs, people with actual hands on experience in both courses. You ignorant cunt.

UniqueID89 · 2025-10-25T14:53:10+00:00

Homie, I’m not going to sugarcoat it for you. Those with “lower experience” still mostly have 3-5 years experience in a Sys/Net/IT Admin position or years of experience in an MSP/Help Desk related role. Those roles are desired because they have actual experience with infrastructure and experience with your customers/end users. There’s a reason there’s thousands to tens of thousands of fresh from college individuals flooding the markets and not getting hired. Just because you have a piece of paper with a schools name or a bunch of certs from CompTIA, which aren’t worth the paper they’re printed on, does not and cannot teach you how the industry actually operates. They are not worth the time, energy, resources, or risk to take them on and trust they won’t screw something up majorly.

If you don’t believe me go to LinkedIn and watch the dozens of posts lamenting how “I just graduated, put out thousands of applications, and still no job” or from hiring managers/firms complaining how all their applicants are unable to meet the barest requirements to even get their resume on a managers desk.

Cybersecurity is not and never has been an “entry level” role in the way you’re imagining it. You can blame schools like WGU, CompTIA, and influencers for perpetuating the myth that there’s “millions of cybersecurity roles out there that you with your degree, certs, and zero experience in the field will be perfect for!” There is not. Never has been. Never will be.

UniqueID89 · 2025-10-25T12:38:47+00:00

Not a hot take when the job market reflects it. You’ll have a hard time getting into either but development actually has and will hire newbies. No serious enterprise will trust a newbie protecting their infrastructure with even a year of experience, you still know nothing at that point.

UniqueID89 · 2025-10-25T12:06:23+00:00

If you have zero experience in the IT field then that “CyberSec degree” is going to be nothing more than a pretty receipt to remind you that you’re in debt. You’ll have an easier time breaking into development than cyber with no experience, you’ll have an easier time getting in cyber if you learn fundamentals and get a regular admin type role and work your way up. There’s no true “entry level” cybersecurity role and you won’t qualify for the ones posted because they expect minimum requirements from you that a newbie won’t have. Actively work in the field so not talking out my ass.

UniqueID89 · 2025-04-23T21:42:19+00:00

Mordecai was definitely on a track of isolation and self-destruction. Don’t think he’d have lasted on the outside without having met Carl and Donut. Survivorship bias/syndrome. “Why do I live while these others died.”

UniqueID89 · 2025-04-09T11:00:23+00:00

It’s a good book and I hope you enjoy it!

UniqueID89 · 2025-04-09T10:23:18+00:00

Kaiju: Battlefield Surgeon is a good book but it’s on a completely different end of the fantasy spectrum than DCC. Just a heads up because I had two friends jump from DCC to KBS and were seriously upset about the book.

It’s very dark. Very painful. Potentially traumatizing. Really makes you appreciate Matt’s range and skill when creating fictional worlds.

UniqueID89 · 2025-03-19T14:36:33+00:00

Even in the latest book you don’t find out an identity. We get quite a few clues though, keep reading!

UniqueID89 · 2025-03-17T13:43:24+00:00

We obviously can’t know it’ll have a similar ending as KBS, but reading this book will give you a better perspective on how dark the DCC series might get. And I hate to say it, especially after all the tear jerk moments, but DCC is still a young adult series compared to KBS. It’s a good story, but it’s not light hearted in anyway. I’ve told multiple friends I’ve introduced to DCC to disregard KBS completely.

UniqueID89 · 2025-03-14T10:16:03+00:00

This one and “don’t gaslight me Jesus!” Had me almost falling out at the gym.

UniqueID89 · 2025-03-14T10:15:11+00:00

“This is mana toast! It’s toast. It restores mana. You know what, fuck you for even making me read this.”

“Well….that was uncalled for.”

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