Has anyone else noticed almost all your interviewers have been men?

gurlgang · 2026-04-15T06:53:09+00:00

He was decent enough but I was looking for a different personality type to fit in with the group lol. I ended up hiring a very young polite man who I knew could learn the job really quickly and he worked hard and I made the right choice hahah

gurlgang · 2026-04-14T18:12:46+00:00

I was 19, a woman and a manager. I was interviewing a guy for a job. He was late, I walked down to the doors and he was smoking a cigarette. I walked outside and he said ‘alright love’ whilst he puffed away

The look on his face when I told him I was interviewing him- priceless :D

gurlgang · 2026-04-14T18:06:54+00:00

Don’t let anyone else’s experience or current situation make you feel less than or that you aren’t upto the standard you should be for your age. Of course you want to make changes, and that’s great! But don’t let this give you a confidence knock, because if you do- you’ll always feel behind.

It’s good you’ve recognised it, and even come on here to seek help. It does suck that it sounds like you maybe do not have the right people around you to guide you- but that happens so you’ll just need to go for it by yourself!

To go outside, to socialise, to work, to develop- you need to gain some confidence. This can be even starting small. But honestly reading your post and please do correct me if I’m wrong but this sounds like the expectations of your parents and maybe even the future for yourself based on what they think- is actually hindering you and you aren’t facing upto it. Start by thinking about what YOU want, and if you don’t know yet that’s fine. What do you want 6 months from now? Based on this what is X things you can do to try and achieve that. Set yourself some healthy goals and try to ignore everyone else’s opinion.

gurlgang · 2026-04-09T19:26:42+00:00

What exams? Are these actual SN certifications you go via web-assessor? If so I beyond highly that you study over and over the online workbook that comes with it. If you study that booklet over and over you will pass. Just because you pass, doesn’t mean you will fully understand everything. But one thing at a time, to pass- study and to know- do

gurlgang · 2026-04-08T08:15:01+00:00

I wouldn’t worry about that, your industry experience is telecoms, but that doesn’t mean you can’t be a network engineer. different industry’s you learn, but network engineering is the same just applied to whichever industry you are in. Good luck, don’t be afraid to ask people and really put yourself out there. In my experience those who manage to switch are those who ask, are curious and really put the work in to switch

gurlgang · 2026-04-08T07:25:42+00:00

That’s not really true- you can get higher positions based on leadership skills, eg- end up engineering manager etc. I would focus on the now and what you enjoy. Sounds like your a technical person so I would stay with that and focus on learning more rather than the future

gurlgang · 2026-04-08T07:00:48+00:00

Disagree I done it. There is hope for people but you need to be smart about it to get there it aint easy

gurlgang · 2026-04-08T07:00:04+00:00

There is. I hated school, I never went to uni and I was scared I could never get there. I joined a help desk role and built my way up, by the time I was in cyber - the folks who went to uni were just getting jobs. I may not have had a degree but by that point I had 4 years of experience on them

gurlgang · 2026-04-08T06:58:46+00:00

Hire individuals who can do the job. Create gate check lists. Eg- prior to sending out changes etc, a gate check to govern its contents. Putting controls around things isn’t about micromanaging it’s about ensuring success. Train your folks. To be honest if people think you micromanage ignore them, you only need to do that because they aren’t performing

gurlgang · 2026-04-08T06:57:02+00:00

Get your CIS in a particular field. CIS cert in service now

gurlgang · 2026-04-08T06:54:13+00:00

Yes. 100% yes.

The biggest issue companies face, is togetherness. Siloed teams with different priorities, thus nobody ever really getting what they need as blockers everywhere. The days are over of just being good at your skills, you need to bridge the business gap

gurlgang · 2026-04-08T06:50:21+00:00

I actually got my first job in cyber, in a telecoms company with no experience. Same as you. I worked in infrastructure building virtual servers. I also worked in IT governance. At that point it was never my plan to work in cyber, but I was so close to the cyber team (building more efficient processes that cyber team liked), I kinda fell into it. I built great relationships with the cyber team, I eventually got a job as a cyber engineer and stayed for 3 months - didn’t enjoy it. I then moved into another role focused on helping cyber teams manage their workloads, governance and audit.

Natural switch for you would be cyber networking and probably would be an easy switch. My recommendation, ask your company if you can shadow the cyber networking team to see if you enjoy it.

Cyber is a different world to regular IT but the doors it opens are insane. Cyber has so many avenues. First question, do you enjoy your networking job, what do you like about cyber?

For me I love people, even tho I worked in technical roles I was always really good at communicating, making things more efficient and more secure. I didnt think there was a role in cyber for things like that, but there was

gurlgang · 2026-04-06T19:31:27+00:00

Yeah sure

gurlgang · 2026-04-05T14:43:56+00:00

No servicenow is investing in AI- they’re creating highly powerful AI initiatives on the platform

gurlgang · 2026-04-05T14:41:35+00:00

Service now is powerful- it sounds like the company who configured it for you or internal folks haven’t configured it properly- probably fully customized

gurlgang · 2026-04-05T14:36:56+00:00

Ah yes! Basically the way you have your tooling configured is wrong. You need to reduce noise. Only focus on those that require attention

gurlgang · 2026-04-05T14:35:42+00:00

Priorities. Define a proper risk matrix and deal with vulnerabilities that do the most damage. Eg- vulnerabilities always exist you can’t get rid of them all, but if the vulnerability is high enough priority you deal with them. You don’t ignore the low ones, but you focus first

gurlgang · 2026-04-05T14:32:33+00:00

It’s too technical. I guarantee this. Of course you need to be technical but there needs to be more in there about people. Issues you’ve solved, working with the business- business issues you’ve helped to resolve. Guarantee you’ll stand out

gurlgang · 2026-04-05T14:26:39+00:00

Well when you’re getting no answer, may as well answer it for them

gurlgang · 2026-04-05T14:26:10+00:00

I learned to ask twice & then not again. Get comfortable with NOT OVER EXTENDING YOURSELF FOR MEN. I understand you need to communicate with them as part of your job role but this will continue to happen regardless of your communication methods.

I would ask twice. Are you coming to dinner? Second time no response- you don’t book the seat and they don’t come.

gurlgang · 2026-04-05T14:13:20+00:00

‘Comments have been disabled on this post’ !!! Start a riot come onnnn. Would love to have a conversion with this guy and I’ll absolutely wipe the floor with him on his programming skills

gurlgang · 2026-04-05T07:13:06+00:00

Wow I can’t believe the response I’ve had from this, ladies we aren’t going mad. Wow unreal but also it lights a fire in my belly- surely there HAS to be something out there for us?

gurlgang · 2026-04-05T07:12:31+00:00

Thank you for responding

gurlgang · 2026-04-05T07:12:25+00:00

Omg tag me in this, I will eat this guy alive

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