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100%. Things are changing fast. My cousin who owns a cybersecurity company in the U.S. said they received over 5k applications for a senior role. They used AI to filter them down and only reviewed about 5 to 10 applications from the AI-summarized results.
What I have learned is making connections is the key. Especially genuine quality connections. Get in on this early on and over the years people really know WHO YOU ARE!
Check out local CTF events and join them. You’ll start recognizing faces, show your passion, and build real friendships in your field. Make connections by actively engaging with professionals. That's the key.
Find events where you can talk to people and advocate for yourself. There’s no shortage of people with skills what sets you apart is your attitude and your passion. People want to work around people who are pleasant to work with.
Don’t do it just to fast-track your way into a job because you showed your face once.
You don’t get hired based on knowledge alone. You might have 10 unnecessary certifications, tons of projects, and home labs but someone else can still get hired without any of that.
Certs are meh their value is going downhill.
Colleges will tell you to “network on LinkedIn” but everyone’s spamming that. Reach out to people there, sure, just don’t rely on it 100%.
What I have learned is making connections is the key. Especially genuine quality connections. Get in on this early on and over the years people really know WHO YOU ARE!
Check out local CTF events and join them. You’ll start recognizing faces, show your passion, and build real friendships in your field. Make connections by actively engaging with professionals. That's the key.
Find events where you can talk to people and advocate for yourself. There’s no shortage of people with skills what sets you apart is your attitude and your passion. People want to work around people who are pleasant to work with.
Don’t do it just to fast-track your way into a job because you showed your face once.
You don’t get hired based on knowledge alone. You might have 10 unnecessary certifications, tons of projects, and home labs but someone else can still get hired without any of that.
Certs are meh their value is going downhill.
Colleges will tell you to “network on LinkedIn” but everyone’s spamming that. Reach out to people there, sure, just don’t rely on it 100%.
The markets rough right now. I was laid off in July and still looking.View quoted post on X
The best advice I can give is the game has changed. It's no longer a numbers game of sending out a quantity of resumes but an exercise in professional networking. The people you know are the most valuable resource.
I spoke candidly with an HR friend of mine and AI is both screening out good candidates and simultaneously overwhelming HR departments with the under qualified or employment scammers.
