Often in technology, we assume that everyone else is as excited about our product as we are. This tends to be a problem across the board in the tech sector (and even amongst teams, like security and developers, or operations and developers). There's a reason that DevOps and DevSecOps were…
Cover letters, like résumés, are hard. And most people are bad at them. This makes sense – you probably only write a cover letter or résumé every few years. It involves selling yourself and your skills, which is something most people struggle with. On top of this, it's difficult to sort…
Job hunting is hard. It's not something you ever get comfortable with, because you typically don't do it often enough to get good at it. There's also A LOT of bad advice on the internet about how to job hunt. Because it can be difficult to figure out which resources…
Résumés are hard. And most people are bad at them — which makes sense, because you probably only write or update your résumé every few years. It involves selling yourself and your skills — something most people struggle with. On top of this, it’s difficult to figure out how to sort…
The Certified Information Systems Security Professional certification. It's generally the most widely-recognized, broad certification within information security. Essentially it's an inch deep and a mile wide - a HUGE amount of information grouped into 8 domains…
In tech, constantly learning (both in and out of work) is an unstated job requirement. When I was growing up, I would go to the bookstore with my dad every weekend, and every time he would pick up a new book on coding. At the time, I always asked why…
Growing up, I loved cheesy hacker movies like Hackers and War Games. I thought all hackers were crazy smart, crazy technical people working on super secret projects. I didn’t realize ‘hacker’ was a job title, and definitely never realized that cybersecurity was a career option.…
