Highlights for the week
Not a lot of highlights for this week. Started the week off with a rejection. Feeling like I'm never going to land a new job in Security. Posted a mini-rant about it, and got somewhat skewered by the community. Maybe its me and I'm wrong. The consensus was that hiring folks will tend to favor CVEs (Common Vulnerabilities & Exploits) as proof-of-experience, over none. I want to keep going, but this week is a drag. Tuesday was a rough day. Over 40 jobs applied to, and still not one word in the positive. I've reached out to some recruiters expressing interest, nothing but silence.
Wednesday through Friday were productive, and it's been a drag to get to the gym, but I got it done. Sitting here on a Saturday and I'm tired .. mentally and physically. No Leg day for me. I realized I had worked out from last Saturday through Thursday straight.
What We’re Grateful For
- Still have my health.
- Upcoming trip for son's graduation.
- Wife is still around, amazing as ever. This 'quiet divorce' has been weighing on me and it's all my fault! Another thing I need to fix.
What We Loved
- Not a lot to love this week.
What We Learned
- Sat through an amazing walk-thru on attacking LLMs
- CVEs are the way to go for recruitment and landing a job as a Pen Tester.
- Working through another HackerOne job. Not a lot happening .. just going through the motions.
- Finished Chapter-9 of WAHH. It's about attacking Data Stores, SQL injection and what-not.
What We Longed For
- A great job and a great paycheck. I had it then lost it.
What We Loathed
- Getting rejected from a good job.
- Failing the assessment, yet not getting word on what was missed. Definitely gotta try harder!
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