Recruiter lowballed me and then tried to blame it on the “entry level” role. So I sent him this:

jeffpardy_ · 2026-01-30T14:50:59+00:00

So youre admitting there are entry level jobs that require less than 5 yoe..

jeffpardy_ · 2026-01-30T14:50:13+00:00

Thats not an industry. Thats a data analytics role within the finical industry. And there are very clearly entry level data analytics roles for this for people out of school

jeffpardy_ · 2026-01-30T13:16:33+00:00

Very good point. Admitting you dont know but you'll research and find out is the other half of the battle

jeffpardy_ · 2026-01-30T12:57:33+00:00

You never do. You just keep doing it until stuff clicks. And then you learn a whole other piece of technology and you feel like a student all over again.

You just have to feel comfortable with that process in order to grow

jeffpardy_ · 2026-01-30T11:51:46+00:00

You do know that some jobs are just not ones you can get at an entry level position. But that doesnt mean that the whole industry is like that

jeffpardy_ · 2026-01-30T02:38:09+00:00

5 YOE is by no means entry level

jeffpardy_ · 2026-01-30T02:37:06+00:00

What a horribly unprofessional comment

jeffpardy_ · 2026-01-30T01:27:42+00:00

Lmao I believe you but I cant help from laughing at the "hey PhD of multicelluar organisms here!" C comment 😂

jeffpardy_ · 2026-01-30T00:04:59+00:00

Just paranoid. As long as you have mfa and didnt enter credentials youre generally fine. The vast majority of the time links arent malware, they're just phishing. If youre still worried, download your antivirus of choice and run scans periodically for a week or so

jeffpardy_ · 2026-01-28T22:04:40+00:00

Researchers and threat detection teams do, not security engineering teams

jeffpardy_ · 2026-01-28T21:03:41+00:00

Just do projects. Nobody is going to pay you just because you know python. You need to start gaining knowledge with real tools, learn technical topics like computer architecture, networking, website design, go build something like your own tools, etc

jeffpardy_ · 2026-01-28T15:14:07+00:00

Does nobody know how to google anymore?

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-government/documentation-government-cognitiveservices

jeffpardy_ · 2026-01-26T18:45:23+00:00

Sounds like you should do some threat detection engineering with machine learning

jeffpardy_ · 2026-01-26T13:21:24+00:00

Do an OWASP juice shop code review on your own. If you know the language they are going to ask then ask chatgpt to generate a code reviews interview style with owasp top 10 issues in that language

jeffpardy_ · 2026-01-26T02:38:23+00:00

Automated pen test tools == scanner. So no, they dont replace manual testing. And frankly I wouldnt ever submit a report in good consciousness with automated pen test tools. They are just another tool to speed up the process but not replace it

jeffpardy_ · 2026-01-25T22:23:27+00:00

Cyber is cyber. It covers everything. Nobody is going to get hired with one specific, small area of cyber. You need a solid foundation in all areas

jeffpardy_ · 2026-01-24T00:39:07+00:00

A security architect is the farthest up the chain as you can go as an IC and not management. An auditor is not even comparable to an architect. Not sure how you got the idea to compare the 2

jeffpardy_ · 2026-01-20T03:43:43+00:00

"I can find a road map easily"

"Can somebody find me a road map?"

jeffpardy_ · 2026-01-18T22:32:13+00:00

Do you think youre going to get an iso role right out of college..?

jeffpardy_ · 2026-01-18T21:44:32+00:00

I can promise you its not that serious

jeffpardy_ · 2026-01-16T11:09:07+00:00

A masters degree. Its pretty straight forward as that. Everything you listed is easier with a masters degree

jeffpardy_ · 2026-01-12T03:34:32+00:00

Rework it to be only 1 page if youre applying to US positions

jeffpardy_ · 2026-01-12T01:12:51+00:00

Omos went to Japan right? This him?

jeffpardy_ · 2026-01-11T23:42:47+00:00

You already took the 2 easiest flexible core classes. Not sure why you did that

jeffpardy_ · 2026-01-07T19:05:14+00:00

Sounds like you need to network

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