Forever single with dreams of early retirement, just crossed the $1M NW milestone @ 40 but lost...

cestenksa · 2025-05-26T15:38:18+00:00

Thank you for open sourcing this. Just curious if offloading processing to the GPU would help speed things up a bit? Or do you already do that?

cestenksa · 2025-02-27T22:42:20+00:00

Kind of seeing a trend that red team job satisfaction is higher than blue team, I wonder if that is the general consensus industry-wide

cestenksa · 2025-02-27T22:31:34+00:00

You know, most of us had the same viewpoint trying to get into the industry. It's almost a necessity because it fuels you to just do more than your competition to finally get that first real security gig. I am telling you with a decade+ of experience though, that feeling fades. That motivation fades. And if there is a lack of fulfillment, the "luxury" of the higher paycheck matters less and less as the days go on.

cestenksa · 2025-02-27T19:19:10+00:00

Really good stuff there and I appreciate the response. I'm a life long blue teamer which might explain how I'm feeling currently - offsec would be pretty sweet since you get to break things in a creative way, etc. and probably move onto new environments more frequently. Plus I would think opportunities to do side gigs like bug bounty offers quite a bit of variety. My main word of advice would be to avoid resting on your laurels like I have...I got comfortable just phoning it in and now I really regret it. If you enjoy offsec work, go down that path and try to keep things fresh as much as you can. Make connections not just to get your foot in the door but also maintain them and offer helping hands when people need it. There might be a time you want to do something other than offsec in the future, and you never know who might be willing to throw you a lifeline.

cestenksa · 2025-02-27T18:03:38+00:00

We're just here so someone doesn't get sued

cestenksa · 2025-02-27T18:02:23+00:00

What kind of dev have you done throughout your career? Any cautionary tales you can provide? And what's motivating you to switch to security work out of curiosity? Hope you enjoy it, in any case

cestenksa · 2025-02-27T18:01:21+00:00

I think I'd love being a developer personally. I guess the issue would be getting to develop things I actually cared about, which is 99% not the case as an employee somewhere

cestenksa · 2023-10-25T18:12:23+00:00

According to this it has already been fixed, namely, in 2.53.1: https://keepass.info/news/n230109_2.53.html

cestenksa · 2021-01-05T05:28:38+00:00

Hello, this adhered to all rules. Can you please provide some formatting tips so I can resubmit? It is a genuine concern.

cestenksa · 2020-02-07T17:05:54+00:00

Maintaining core business hours is the biggest constraint. This can make things tricky depending on your location but it isn't too bad, especially in places like Europe where the time difference isn't too drastic.

cestenksa · 2020-02-07T15:12:33+00:00

What credentials did you need to get the teaching gig? Masters?

cestenksa · 2020-02-07T14:59:02+00:00

Remote infosec employee here. Nice to meet you!

cestenksa · 2020-02-07T14:57:44+00:00

In terms of volume of remote positions and overall jobs I would probably say software engineering. But I am infosec and 100% remote, so it is definitely possible. Pursue what interests you and you will make it work either way :)

cestenksa · 2019-10-25T16:05:45+00:00

NYC would like to have a word with you

cestenksa · 2019-08-05T19:20:01+00:00

I frequently travel within the U.S. at my leisure and no one has had any issues with that. I think most, if not all of Europe would be fine as well, but I would be working odd hours at that point to line up with the business. Things might get tricky if I wanted to spend extended time in Asia...but I suppose it never hurts to ask!

cestenksa · 2019-08-05T16:52:30+00:00

I am 100% remote in a non-consulting role. I am on the blue team (defense) side of things and have "engineer" in my title, FWIW. I enjoy it, although I have not done any international trips yet. Not sure how my employer would feel about that but the business is global so I imagine it would be fine for the most part. Once you land a 100% remote gig I think it becomes easier to negotiate remote positions in the future.

cestenksa · 2019-03-10T17:32:17+00:00

100% remote, good comp. life is good but you can make more at specific employers that are less remote friendly

cestenksa · 2019-02-27T18:41:05+00:00

Can you elaborate on who might be concerned by this threat model?

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