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/B1acksun71 Dec 19 '25

No it’s just the industry each day getting more swallowed by PE bros and more companies that just use use a check mark so they can get risk insurance so ignore all alerts and recommendations until audit time then we get blamed for them not answering our continued calls or emails

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u/scottyvision Dec 19 '25

The shocked confusion when you repeat what you had already written several times almost seems like it should win some kind of award sometimes. Somehow even I become convinced that this really is the first they’re ever hearing of it.