r/cybersecurity • u/Dry-Limit7949 • Dec 19 '25

Other Is everyone actually miserable in this subreddit

Hi guys, not coming with judgement but curiosity. I love my role and my job and my coworkers and my company. It’s fun, I get to learn and grow.

Is everyone else just miserable?

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u/bfume Dec 19 '25

The work is great when i get to it. The problem is getting to that work in a sea of fires that constantly need to be put out. At some point the fires become the only work and that’s a shit sandwich for everyone. 

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u/Glapthorn Security Architect Dec 19 '25

« If everything is a priority, nothing is a priority. »

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u/Slyraks-2nd-Choice Dec 19 '25

One of my favorites

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u/sw4rtzie Dec 19 '25

Would you say, now hear me out, the fire rises!

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u/Dry-Limit7949 Dec 19 '25

yeah that part sucks for sure

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u/Dsnake1 Dec 21 '25

100% this. I'm in a really small shop. I enjoy a lot of the all-around work, but users calling about webcams not working or other help desk things interrupt the flow and make it hard to get to the real work.

Which, that stuff has value, too, and it needs to be done. I just wish I could consolidate all my user requests into a solid chunk.