• prole@beehaw.org
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    4 months ago

    I’ll defer to you on this as I’m by no means an expert. I suppose I thought there was more demand for young people who have that specific skillset than there actually is.

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      4 months ago

      Yeah. The demand for red team skills is complicated.

      There’s plenty of work to do. But there’s a lot of anxiety, and in some cases laws, that make hiring managers cautious.

      When a team member is going to sometimes physically break into a data center, things are much simpler if they have an unimpeachable reputation.

      And that, itself, is unfair, since everyone’s definition of “unimpeachable reputation” is going to be a bit different. I’m inclined to factor in motives, but not everyone can.

      So it’s not the end of the world for a young hacker with a conviction, but they definitely have a more difficult time.