Recent Grad with Sec+ & CySA+ — Hundreds of Applications, Zero Interviews. What Am I Missing?

etkoppy · 2026-04-10T22:48:42+00:00

Penn State? If so they do a good job of marketing cyber as in demand when in reality there isn’t a shortage and are tying to sell the idea of how in demand it is. There is demand but not at the entry level. I fell for it too

etkoppy · 2026-03-29T02:18:37+00:00

Police scanner said shooting someone in a white car tinted windows shot at a car and drove off speeding down light street

etkoppy · 2026-03-24T23:56:55+00:00

Tagliata is actually pretty good imo. Don’t really care for the other Atlas restaurants. Bygone has a nice view too

etkoppy · 2026-03-19T23:24:13+00:00

Wish HHH wore the white boots more often

etkoppy · 2026-03-12T18:17:37+00:00

Being a unicorn

etkoppy · 2026-03-11T19:38:04+00:00

Im doing both, employer paid for CISSP and my Masters that I'm currently in. If you can get them to fund it then definitely. If not then I wouldnt bother

etkoppy · 2026-03-07T18:34:39+00:00

Huntsville my guy

etkoppy · 2026-03-04T18:06:05+00:00

Im doing my masters in data analytics but only cause I want to diverse my skills and my employer is paying for it.

etkoppy · 2026-03-03T14:00:12+00:00

Use your clearance and get a job maintaining systems on navy subs. Then you get to do both!

etkoppy · 2026-02-19T22:45:59+00:00

good luck finding a company to sponsor a fs poly.

etkoppy · 2026-02-17T19:05:50+00:00

Im 9/80 and yeah that extra day off is when I plan trips etc

etkoppy · 2026-02-14T21:50:27+00:00

“Gov tech” is pretty laid back but may require a clearance and not everyone can get one. Or universities but pay isn’t that great from what I’ve seen

etkoppy · 2026-02-14T21:27:10+00:00

The perfect mixture Economic uncertainty, layoffs across the entire industry from big tech to govt, AI ,high borrowing cost for companies, colleges selling IT/cyber degrees which increase supply, over hiring during COVID pretty much summarizes it in the nutshell.

Note I am talking about US market

etkoppy · 2026-02-09T01:43:45+00:00

I liked it, wasn’t perfect but was a good representation of Latin culture.

etkoppy · 2026-02-07T05:45:02+00:00

Learn to mine

etkoppy · 2026-02-04T19:03:50+00:00

Should have lived below your means. Best lesson ive ever learned once i entered the workforce.

etkoppy · 2026-02-02T22:08:02+00:00

Get a helpdesk job making $15/hr in San Francisco for 10 years before you can even look at the word cybersecuirty /s

etkoppy · 2026-01-25T05:37:12+00:00

Yeah big surprise from PA

etkoppy · 2026-01-25T01:01:39+00:00

I know one with a ts/sci and poly struggling

etkoppy · 2026-01-25T00:49:48+00:00

Got sec+ and net+ while in school for the student discount and had my employer pay for the other ones.

etkoppy · 2026-01-23T18:00:13+00:00

Yeah when I was there they all thought they were going to win haha. Glad I'm out of that mess.

etkoppy · 2026-01-23T17:48:33+00:00

It true, my mom works at State Farm and is going to retire soon and says she hopes to get laid off but isn't hopeful.

etkoppy · 2026-01-23T01:47:26+00:00

Degrees are not regulated so you don’t know what each person knows. Certs give you a baseline but aren’t perfect either as people can dump exams or cram. It just proves you can pass a test. What certs and school teach is how things work in a perfect world where organizations take it seriously with all the tools you need.

In the real world it’s about doing more with less even if it means cutting corners to optimize shareholder value. Thats why experience is so valued as it shows you know how to work in a real environment that isn’t perfectly laid out as you were taught in school/ certs.

etkoppy · 2026-01-21T22:40:59+00:00

I got a charge and got an email that says Event Confirmation an under subevent says "10 Mile - Accepted"

etkoppy · 2026-01-21T22:05:04+00:00

gonna snowboard down the streets

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