I'm still often kinda stunned by the people in this market and this world who say they urgently want A) a cybersecurity job or B) to emigrate
And I directly offer to to help them by offering my calendar for the next month,
for free, no strings
And they're just like, nah, that time isn't convenient
If you can't meet one single, totally free 30 minute online meeting in either the early morning or late evening across a whole month, and you want to get into cybersecurity in 2026, or immigrate to another country
no, you don't
@hacks4pancakes I've met a lot of people who claim to be jealous of the travel I've done that could have done the same if they'd prioritised it like I did.
It's unfortunate that they waste your time while working through their feelings.
@cford @hacks4pancakes it's easy to see greener grass on the other side of the fence when you don't see the full picture.
Lots of travel is interesting. It also creates its own unique flavor of loneliness, even when you know people in all of those locations. It's destabilizing. It's exhausting in its own way.
In case it wasn't obvious, I'm speaking from personal experience.
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