Lesley Carhart Jun 16, 2024

Two controversial pieces of cybersecurity career advice I give to a lot of people I talk to on mentorship calls:

1) Don't become a manager unless you genuinely want to be a servant leader and devote yourself to people and program management for the joy and fulfillment of it.

2) Don't become a red teamer unless you genuinely in your heart of hearts want to be a red teamer, you understand what the role entails (even the boring parts), and you are willing to very deeply commit extra time and effort. They're generally much more competitive roles.

Show threadRobbie Coleman 
@hacks4pancakes
Your point number one holds true in deciding between any individual contributor position to a management position. Great advice!
Jun 16, 2024 at 6:26pmWeb
Show threadLesley Carhart Jun 16, 2024
@erraggy it's definitely not so much about the cool hacking. A lot of pen tests use the exact same basic ttps, scripts, and exploitation because it still works.