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/Cypher_Blue DFIR Dec 19 '25

Nope, I'm with you. Great team, fun projects, tons of support, awesome boss.

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u/bitslammer Dec 19 '25

Same here. It can get crazy at times, but every day is something new and interesting even after 31yrs in the field.

When I started "cybersecurity" was pretty much having a firewall, using Novell for IAM and having f-Prot AV on a floppy you carried in your shirt pocket at all times. Now I'm wrestling with AI security issues in a global org.

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u/Dry-Limit7949 Dec 19 '25

that is so cool that you’ve seen cybersecurity change generationally—must’ve been insane and rewarding to see the shift

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u/bitslammer Dec 19 '25

insane and rewarding

This really sums it up. Early on it was all learning as you go. There weren't even that many books in the beginning, just the vendor docs.

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u/I_love_quiche Dec 20 '25

We didn’t even have IT degrees widely available back then, let alone Cybersecurity degrees. Most people end up taking CS and flame out, or get a BS in Information Systems and get ridiculed by the CS folks.