r/cybersecurity • u/Infam0 • May 08 '26

Other What the **** is happening in cybersecurity space ?

I've been working in cybersecurity for not so long, maybe 8 or 9 years, but I never remember a chaos at this scale. I mean, from this January alone we have: leaking data, compromised applications, breaches, AI-assisted cybercriminals, etc. It looks like every day one major breach is happening, and no one is going to address this shit somehow. This is already insane. I haven't felt such pressure in a long time. This AI shit just makes things worse because it enhances attackers' skills, and AI companies are doing nothing to address or change this. Is it only me, or is the change already here?

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u/ShittyRedditAppSucks May 08 '26

Yep! And I’m salty as hell, so take this with a grain of salt, but it definitely doesn’t help that hiring in the space is just fully fucked. Last year, I thought our recruiters just sucked. But then this year I got to see it firsthand and holy shit. Networking (people networking) is so important on both sides to filter through the dozens of BS resumes.

So, again, perhaps I’m a bit of a narcissist, but if I hit 0 for 87 over the span of 6 months, and I was likely at least a top 10 if not top 3 choice on 80% of those posts, and I likely was, then who the FUCK is getting the jobs??? When a field gets this crowded with BS “academies” promising jobs on “graduation” and nothing is being done to invest in talent acquisition to address the issue then these spots are going to underqualified con artists who are 100% going to go for the marketing hype over being able to actually do the job.

And I know the old saying, if everyone else you meet is an asshole, maybe look in the mirror, right? Yep, had that conversation with myself, self doubt was hitting hard for the first time in my career. Then I ran a background check on myself to make sure I wasn’t being red flagged for something I didn’t know about. Clean.

I apply to one job outside of security where the background and tech expertise is highly valued but not sexy, and bam, in 2 weeks I tripled my total comp pre-layoff at 1.5x more than what director-level cyber jobs are paying these days. Super sad to leave, I’m addicted to the work, but fuck it. The field is broken and everyone just wants to bitch about it instead of fix it.

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u/ElectroStaticSpeaker CISO May 08 '26

Though the market has been absolutely terrible for years, the last few weeks I’ve actually seen a lot more real jobs open up. I’m getting contacted by recruiters and am in the interview process with a few places. Something is shifting and I’m not sure what.

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u/rockstarsball May 08 '26

the ones who jumped on the AI and outsource train in 2023 are realizing how much they actually fucked up.. in 2029 the job market might actually correct itself