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>start cyber security job
>am 27, BSc, MSc, 4 years of xp
>entire team is over 50 with one youngling at 45
>none of them have any formal IT qualifications whatsoever
>boss does not know how to read
>clearly just reads the first few words of a sentence and guesses the rest
>only writes in 3-4 word sentences without punctuation and capitalization
>only time anyone writes any detailed amount of text is obviously with copilot
>they refuse to use Jira because it's "too complicated" even though we all have licenses to it and there's a security project already set up
>have me log ticket statuses in a spreadsheet instead
>but only for 2 weeks, after no one checks it
>all communication is 3-4 sentence emails in threads with 20+ people 100+ emails each going back years
>boss proceeds to talk in a 1-2-1 about how he feels for the fact women don't get to speak while not letting me utter a single word in said meeting
>almost every time I try to add to a conversation in a group meeting it's taken as an attack
>team's main project is to put the password manager behind the same password manager
>half of them are constantly having very basic computer problems
>boss opens group convo on teams only to complain there's "too many messages" and that he can't keep up
>I provide summaries in a few short paragraphs but he doesn't read them
>Boss says he doesn't have access to a system but he's really just unable or unwilling to locate the sign in button
>I complete tasks, but they're never checked on by anyone or followed up by anyone
>sometimes I'm expected to elaborate in detail immediately on random things from 3-4 months ago
>at annual review receive complaints that I'm not doing enough but no specifics
>how positively I'm perceived on a given day seems to not correlate with any work done
>seems to mostly depend on how I look in meetings
>try to make small talk
>most don't seem to understand the concept
>one proceeds to show me his entire house, room by room
>it's completely empty and unfurnished
>wut.jpg
>ask them if they like to do self-hosting or play ctfs or hackthebox
>no one has any idea what any of what I said is
>ask one if he's seen movie_name
>Very awkward pause
>barks: "No"
>Drops off meeting because he had a windows update
>He uses a Mac
>One talks about crypto
>Huge crypto guy
>I somewhat jokingly ask him if he's got a stash of XMR
>he doesn't know what that is
Honestly bros I don't wanna be fired because job searching is hell but there's a part of me that will breathe a sigh of relief when I eventually am. Quirky star wars shit here I come.
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Please ping me if you have any job openings. This sounds like paradise.
How so?
Sounds relaxing and full of corny dopes (in a good way), so I'd fit right in.
I'd like that honestly if it wasn't so unpredictable. Sometimes I actually do something and do it well and I get shit for it, sometimes I literally do absolutely nothing the entire week and it's all smiles and praise, it's weird and for a long time it put me into a really anxious uncertain place. Now I just try not to care, I've accepted I can be fired anytime for any reason anywhere. But that also kinda sucks.