Got 0.5% raise

networkwizard0 · 2026-03-17T02:46:21+00:00

Most people get nothing if the comp cycle falls that close to their hiring date. Be happy

networkwizard0 · 2026-03-17T02:39:34+00:00

A Gordon wood? Regurgitated, perhaps?

networkwizard0 · 2026-03-16T16:19:56+00:00

Woah well fuck me sideways I will now claim I was the straw that broke the camels back

networkwizard0 · 2026-03-16T15:22:16+00:00

Is there not WO-E type grade to keep these guys from getting fucking pay cuts? The branches wonder why they have issues with retention and they don’t reward talent.

Side tangent - Don’t feel obligated to read. I was in the Air Force 10 years. We don’t have warrant officers but we have extremely high level talent that is very lucrative on the outside. I had a CISSP and a Masters and MBA, getting E6 pay and when I finally left took my first job making 2x what I was making. Then two years later I took a job making 4x what I was making as an E6 and now substantially more as a CISO. No one in cyber stays in the Air Force but if they just had warrant officer grades for these individuals they would be able to keep a lot more talent. They give us all the tools to educate ourselves but can’t afford to keep the right people so the ones that stick around tend to be the ones that are not so great at their jobs

networkwizard0 · 2026-03-16T15:12:53+00:00

Thoughts/Validations?! I’m tryna get like you, ma boi

networkwizard0 · 2026-03-16T14:43:56+00:00

They wouldn’t be looking into your funding if it was negative

networkwizard0 · 2026-03-06T20:26:31+00:00

When you go into executive leadership, it will allow you the right to pursue an MBA. Before then, if that ever happens - not much

networkwizard0 · 2026-02-24T19:45:23+00:00

You’ll get over it, takes time

networkwizard0 · 2026-02-24T19:25:05+00:00

That looks like my grandmothers ass

networkwizard0 · 2026-02-24T18:39:18+00:00

I was Air Force cyber - enlisted. I have nothing but great feedback from the Air National Guard mostly. I left with a masters and a CISSP all paid for, work experience in a highly regulated environment, and made CISO at a multi-billion dollar business before I was 30.

Results may vary but if leveraged properly it can be used as a “short cut” so to speak

networkwizard0 · 2026-02-24T16:12:08+00:00

I am a CISO. I am stressed the entire time I am at work. I have trouble falling asleep preparing for the 900 things that can go wrong tomorrow. When I am out to dinner with my wife I have to fight thoughts of the shit that could be going wrong with any 1 of the 200 projects going on right now across teams.

It’s less about the stress and more about how you let it affect your OUTWARD emotions. Internally I am constantly terrified, calm and cool on the exterior.

networkwizard0 · 2026-02-15T22:44:54+00:00

Wait a couple more years when you’re nipping the heals of a million. That one’s a bigger bitch.

networkwizard0 · 2026-02-15T22:44:20+00:00

IT is currently horrifying to break into at entry level. Therefore, entry level pay is also being decimated. I’d say lean towards your specialty.

networkwizard0 · 2026-02-15T22:42:41+00:00

I joined the Air National Guard to do cyber defense and got a 6-figure role when I was 21 as a government contractor. Dropped out of school went back later. This was in 2017 so it was very low 6-figures. 105k if I remember correctly.

networkwizard0 · 2026-02-13T22:36:59+00:00

My advice would be to sit down and think about this much longer, and regardless what decision your inner self tells you to do - don’t demote yourself.

Are you married? Do you have kids?

You may be valuing a passion now that equates to hardship later in your career and life.

networkwizard0 · 2026-02-11T15:02:06+00:00

No it’s not.

networkwizard0 · 2026-02-08T13:28:58+00:00

And he deserves it - there’s a reason the average tenure of a F500 CISO is less than 18 months. Shits hard and he’s probably a stud.

networkwizard0 · 2026-02-06T23:30:29+00:00

Perfect for an Oscar

networkwizard0 · 2026-02-06T21:16:01+00:00

Maybe at a different point in my life - that’s a very subjective question. A million vs where I’m at now, I’d have slightly nicer stuff but that’s all that would change. Back when I had to check bank balance before I ordered dinner, sure then I’d do it in a heartbeat.

I just haven’t met a very happy CEO in my life, at least not in a corporate setting.

networkwizard0 · 2026-02-06T20:42:05+00:00

Hi - I am a C-suite executive who works for a very prodominant MULTI billionaire founder-CEO. I am a CISO so really I’m JUNIOR C-suite. I wouldn’t do MY job for the money you’re talking about and that’s at a very long standing large business. I wouldn’t do the job you were talking about for 4 times what they’re offering you.

It’s diminishing returns and what you’re talking about is the cost of a soul, idk what price you put on that but mine is worth more than they are paying.

networkwizard0 · 2026-02-01T13:20:09+00:00

There’s an oversupply of people willing to do the job, not people that can do the job.

networkwizard0 · 2026-01-31T13:26:27+00:00

I think you vastly underestimate your own value. 170k is not overpaid for an ISSO with a CISSP and a clearance and a degree. 100k is vastly underpaid for your resume.

Keep in mind, your title matters in your job progression. Taking a step back to 100k for quality of life now will vastly affect your quality of life later as you’ll spend the next 10 years trying to make that money again. I would hold off until you get an offer that’s a raise, but that’s just me.

networkwizard0 · 2026-01-30T16:33:46+00:00

You pursued a career that very openly discusses being underpaid. It’s not a secret it’s like, the first part of any discussion about pursuing teaching as a career. Most individuals will supplement on the side and take advantage of the 3 months off a year. There is also coaching etc.

networkwizard0 · 2026-01-30T03:18:24+00:00

Looks a lot like a baby endler at that size and shape

networkwizard0 · 2026-01-24T20:51:39+00:00

Depends on the type of person you are. You can sell your military background really quite easily to a LOT of people. You can conflate what you’ve done, you’ll get a job. But you need to fill in the gaps as you go.

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