I had a mentoring session last night with a poc I’ve been working with who went to his first local cybersecurity con, recently. He had such a bad experience with people being cliquey there and ignoring him that he’s ready to stop trying to get into the industry. 😥😰 I knew there are some cultural issues at that con and area but had no idea they were so bad, and encouraged him to maybe look at other cities in the US and their cons. Pitch your city’s infosec community and scene and I’ll share with him?
@hacks4pancakes a good place to chill out and talk to new people at cons is usually the Lockpick Village. We run the LPVs for BSides-SF, BSides-Chicago and the Diana Initiative. Everyone is welcome.
@LockEx @hacks4pancakes 10/10 for Lockpick Extreme's LPV. They've always been super welcoming and relaxed. 
@IntelSoup @hacks4pancakes Thank you! It means a lot to us to hear that.