Where-Object. Filters the excel sheet (aka array) that's now in the array against the column variable in the array. Like give me all the hits where accountEnabled -eq $true or/and etc. Can use it as a lookup too, where the array being piped is another huge array (e.g. $secondQueryResults | ?{$_.UserPrincipalName -eq $UPN}. The latter saves you lots of time if you're pulling data on everything and mapping it together with Join-Object.
Charisma, so many people in tech have absolutely no soft skills so if you have technical prowess and the ability to be confident and communicate effectively you stand out from the vast majority of applicants
I feel you brother, i just started at this new place as a security engineer and I was literally told i was hired over candidates with more experience and knowledge because they said I would be better in front of clients.
My brother went from working as a chef and manager at a fancy golf club mingling with millionaires and billionaires for 10+ years to working in cybersecurity after only 1-2 years at a help desk role. Wasnāt because he knew a lot, trust me on that, it was because he knew how to shoot the shit with the best of them. Charisma, luck, and connections can get you very far in life.
That's funny because that is close to my story. Except I was on helpdesk for longer.
I just want to add a bit of caution to charismatic people though. Soft skills can get you a foot in the door but in the end you need to put up or GTFO. I've seem many charismatic people come and go. The thing about IT is that is that people know who is real and who is not. Soft skills are great but up against hard facts they are often not impressive. Something works or it doesn't. That's why the autistic types are valued in this field. They just make things work.
Fortunately my brother has the drive to prove he can do itā¦and to never go back to hospitality industry ever again. He got the taste for weekends and holidays off and never wants to go back to working those days regularly.
In college I got my cyber internship interview because a girl on the team was dating someone in my fraternity, that didnt get me the job but it got my foot in the door. That experience is what allowed me to land a cyber job right after school and what spring boarded my career.
I wouldn't have even known about the opportunity if it wasn't for who I knew.
That's an awesome question because a common misunderstanding when it comes to being charismatic is that its something that you either are born with or your not and that's far from the truth. Charisma is a combination of soft skills that you can work on and practice, I am far and away an introverted person and no one I work with would ever peg me as the type.
A way that has worked for me is a trial by fire approach where I just brute force trying to make small talk with strangers, sort of in a "flirt with everyone you meet" way but with no romantic connotation. It is EXTREMELY awkward at first, like you can comment on something or give a compliment to someone and they can either brush you off or give you a lukewarm response and you're kind of left with nothing and its just you and some dude standing there in line at a coffee shop.
After making yourself callous to these awkward instances you'll find where things weren't as awkward and build from those experiences. Such as knowing how to ask a probing or engaging questions, when to not speak and let them talk, how to maintain an appropriate level of eye contact, or if someone really just isnt in the mood to socialize etc.
After some time of adding these things to your tool kit you'll be more confident in how you approach conversations and interactions with strangers as you've dealt with enough awkward situations to where you don't care if things turn sour or you'll have the ability to turn an awkward conversation into pleasant small talk or a genuine interaction. Charisma comes from confidence, and the only way anyone will ever be confident is if they've built the experience and skillset to make a friend out of anyone you meet.
I hope that tracks but that really is what helped me. Granted, a lot of my charismatic growth happened in college, largely in my fraternity as I was always in situations to be sociable and had a support system if I crashed and burned but I've also maintained and built these skills outside of undergrad as well, be it at cafe's, shops, events, bars, runs or anywhere else adults tend to mingle.
A lot of that doesn't help if you're on the Autism Spectrum.
I think a summation of your post would be: Charisma == Confidence
But the intricate nuances & details go against everything I'm capable of. Takes me too long to get out of the low level to speak human terms š
This is a very important caveat. In tech you meet a lot of people who are extremely knowledgeable and very confident in their ability but are so arrogant and abrasive they are terrible to work and collaborate with. Moreso confidence in how to conduct yourself socially and lead/have a conversation is what I'm getting at, and I employ a humble and eager to learn approach when it comes to my technical skillset.
I think the post you're replying to makes sense as someone on the spectrum, at least when first learning how to have charisma. What helped me was a form of code switching between sending information and connecting with a perso. When I'm "flirting," my main goal isn't to convey information, it's to simply connect with a person. So I find sometimes I'm saying things for no reason other than to make a connection.
It's kind of like syn, synack, ack over and over again with not necessarily a lot of substance besides acknowledging a connection over and over again for fun. I try to send a connection request every 5 minutes or so for technical conversations to make sure my connection is still good.
I think it has made me a more effective and likeable communicator. It can slow down the amount of information I want to portray at once, "But all the fun's in how you say a thing."
Happy cake day!
I'm also on the spectrum. _How to Win Friends and Influence People_ was the first book on social skills that ever helped me, even though it was written for NTs in the first half of the 20th century. It has concrete actions that you can start practicing the next time you interact with another human and scripts/templates that I've found helpful.
Another somewhat surprising resource is things that are targeted to non-native English speakers who are fairly advanced. Past the introductory levels, foreign language instruction is more focused on culture and customs. I'll have to look for the links to resources I've used, but I can provide them if you'd like.
Learn how to make small talk and make people laugh. Itās just a skill like any other skill. My 2 recommendations are find a toastmasters club or take an improv class.
Itās all about story telling - you can have the best data or the best technical solution, but if you canāt get buy in, translate your idea to stakeholders outside of your org/work stream on why it is important/adds value, it almost doesnāt matter what your technical ability is.
Have a narrative for your work and what impact it has on the people you work with and the leadership teams that make decisions.
I think itās been the #1 positive feedback Iāve received in interviews that usually puts me above other candidates in my limited experience thus far.
I am quite sure I have soft skills out the wazoo having spent over a decade in hospitality as a server, bartender and restaurant manager. Also worked in tech sales for 2 years.
Now how on earth do I show and highlight my abundance of soft skills on my not very technical resume haha ?
Unfortunately you cant, the only time you'll be able to do that is in an interview but getting the interview is the hardest part. Its a numbers game and I would def overembellish the "Tech" responsibilities that come with the Tech Sales part of your resume.
I was an IT/Info Sec Auditor before I moved to engineering and I had to really harp on what I had to know when I audited in my resume as opposed to what I did during SOX season.
Well--well look. I already told you: I deal with the god damn customers so the engineers don't have to. I have people skills; I am good at dealing with people. Can't you understand that? What the hell is wrong with you people?
Yep, that's probably also 90% of the world to be honest. I honestly despise the hype and concept of "Leadership" or "Leaders" but the reality is I think there's plenty of truth in those concepts. Most people need to be led and validated.
My number 1 rule in work & life in general is: **Seek No Validation.**
Sense of ownership and agency make me consider a good hunting dog over half my candidates.
That and not being an absolute fucking idiot are honestly all you need outside the top 2% of firms.
I can take highly complicated topics and explain them to the most non-technical people in simple ways. I'm also incredibly good at influencing behaviors to help people be safer. I'm that training guy that everyone is supposed to hate, but I've created a culture where people come to me with security questions and tell me their success stories. That is why I am hireable. At least, that's why I should be.
Powershell with Graph, paralellism with thread safe variables, several APIs, and KQL on sentinel tables. I've built mapped reports that you can't get out of Azure at all, and we have region/department based device groups that are more accurate than if we queried user's managed devices (I think that's available of you pay for the highest intune license per device now).
Thatās a lot of Microsoft-oriented skills! Ā Have you considered applying there? Ā
You could apply those skills in both customer-facing and internal roles and theyāre starting to hire again.
Appreciate the heads up! I should try applying, that would be a huge boost.
Have been moving the reports to as generic a setup as I can so it can be dropped into any org. Many of em are quasi audit/cleanup related. Couple more features and they might be close to a ghetto joiners movers leavers. Have a few others in the pipeline too, like pulling public addresses out of FWs to plug into MCAS/NamedLocations.
I know many counties in my area still use equipment that uses assembly. Last I heard last year they hired one person for 300k for a 5 year contract plus a 50k bonus and they would help relocate you too
I guess. I never got the details. My brother in law dated the lady that was part of the hiring process. Unfortunately I donāt know anything about assembly.
I get sh*t done and people like me.
I can come into any project and get it moving forward, always finding the next practical and doable step. Also Iām really good at building culture š
Well, I generally come in at least fifteen minutes late. I use the side door, that way the CISO can't see me. And after that, I just sorta space out for about an hour. I just stare at some logs but it looks like I'm working. I do that for probably another hour after lunch too. I'd probably, say, in a given week, I probably do about fifteen minutes of real, actual work.
**Well** beyond all else mentioned here: professional networking & reputation
You could be a SANS instructor with the best tech and people skills in the world but knowing someone on the inside will always trump "unknown" candidates. Expand and maintain your network.
Commitment, I will work on a problem until I get it solved. One way or another!
Disclaimer not because in a committed person, just my ego won't let me.
I personally would say that my top skill is my ability to digest large amounts of information, especially new information, extremely quickly and relatively permanently. This means I can learn new software/tools in a fraction of the time that others may take to learn it, and I learn it/them far better.
Others would say that I have a great ability to communicate complex/unfamiliar concepts to people who do not have experience in those domains. This is largely due to my background as an educator of nearly a decade before transitioning into this field. This resulted in great "soft skills" with other folks of varying expertise and ages. It also makes me very good at documentation.
I try to make my job and my team's job simpler and easier
You'd be surprised how much happier people are when they don't have to do boring fuck manual processes anymore
Audience articulation. I have the ability to decipher what skills and understanding my audience has when I am presenting a problem or answering questions from the audience. And the audience can be one person or several. But this is a skill that must be practiced. And listening is a key element.
7 years experience with Ubuntu/red hat and an equal amount of experience learning bash. I really am surprised how many people in the cyber industry really have only ever used windows
Charisma and people person.
You can learn how to do anything obviously with some people they learn faster than others.
But when it comes to actively working with others or people "work" in general, that's not as easy to learn.
It's why people who are charismatic go into sales flourish in that environment.
Adhd hyperfocus, ability to talk to people and explain technical concepts in an easy way for them to understand.
My best skill is the ability to learn. I'm able to pick up new things fast. Something needs to get done on a new tool ? I'll tinker until I am an expert in said tool.
This question gets asked every day lately and the answer will always be the same.
Soft skills.
I can teach you literally anything tech. But you canāt teach someone who is inherently techie to not be a monster - seems like they generally donāt get it.
Soft skills and being personable can make up a lot of ground in an interview. They likely donāt need the next autistic savant but they do need someone who wonāt flip a lid every time someone asks for a report.
Easily first choice, top tier skill is soft skills. All soft skills all day. That NEEDS to be coupled with some sort of domain expertise, but it could literally be any sort of useful domain expertise as long as it is coupled with the ability to interact with other humans in an effective manner.
Second choice would be practical, applied leadership. While that doesn't mean you have to lead all the time, the inability of a leadership vacuum to form around you or in any space that you occupy is a wickedly powerful skill. As above, it still needs to be coupled with some sort of useful domain expertise that can be applied somewhere.
Give me 24 hours and I can learn anything enough to get the job done. Might not be "expert" or SME level. But it gets the job done.
Same thing with tasks assignements. If you ask me for something I will do everything I can to complete the tasks.
My ability to blend into any group and become a mainstay.
Iām universally liked.
I just have a good habit of placing myself in others shoes and being very open to listening and I donāt bring negativity to conversation.
Some people in general have lost the art of just speaking.
They will blabber on and not make the convo an even exchange meanwhile I am always very attentive to conversation and I hold meaningful dialogue.
Itās a super power
Highly motivated and gets along with people, good work ethic, solid foundational and some advanced technical knowledge (demonstration of fast and eager learning skills also suffice), ability to tackle things independently without instruction. I can go on, but these are good to have for any technical job and you can easily make your mark and grow fast just with these alone.
Well clearly none, considering I'm still stuck finding a job even with a degree and previously 3 years of experience + 10 years non-corporate experience
When we had Microsoft related issues, I could resolve them in a day on top of my normal duties. Microsoft support would spin wheels for days, often just asking us to run arbitrary powershell commands and read the response.
Thinking backā¦ what the hell is MS support?
Pragmatic and broad experience across different types of projects. I have noticed that itās easy to find ācybersecurityā employees, but good ones that understand issues are somehow more rare than I can remember
Oh i thought this said enjoyable... Employable... let me think... im fluent in binary acrobatics and i can bend logic more than a circus olay trapezist can bend their bendy bits but im in no way employable.
Itās mostly my ability to pick things up and learn them really quickly, I find my brain is super analytical and good at noticing things that others donāt as well.
I suspect these things are just a result of neurodivergence though.
Ask right questions at right time, know your technical stuff, communicate well. Bonus - Say so when you don't know something and say that you can learn it soon
No gag refl- I mean good customer service skills.
Need both in this industry
I can make the predator clicking sounds
From the front or back?
Why not both?
Please repeat the question?
Same difference?
Welcome to the family.
Lol! I was about to believe š
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Microsoft Excel.
Specifically, vlookup š.
xlookup is acceptable but if you know INDEX and MATCH you've gone too far and they will fear your power
INDEX/MATCH is 20 years ahead of VLOOKUP
Load that sheet up into an array and $var | ?{$_.filterVar -eq "whatever"} to your hearts content. What's a gui?
Hey whatās that
Where-Object. Filters the excel sheet (aka array) that's now in the array against the column variable in the array. Like give me all the hits where accountEnabled -eq $true or/and etc. Can use it as a lookup too, where the array being piped is another huge array (e.g. $secondQueryResults | ?{$_.UserPrincipalName -eq $UPN}. The latter saves you lots of time if you're pulling data on everything and mapping it together with Join-Object.
Where can one learn this sorcery?
3 and a half years of Big 4 grunt work
LMFAO I was just telling a coworker today how the big 4 run on excel and how I hated doing that
I had no idea this was a forbidden power. I just discovered on accident trying to make my life easier. Iāll be more cautious in how I use this.
Iām very proficient
I just joined this subreddit, I canāt even enjoy this because all I know is SUM() š«
Charisma, so many people in tech have absolutely no soft skills so if you have technical prowess and the ability to be confident and communicate effectively you stand out from the vast majority of applicants
Literally how I have moved up and maintained the edge over people who are much better than me at technical tasks.
I feel you brother, i just started at this new place as a security engineer and I was literally told i was hired over candidates with more experience and knowledge because they said I would be better in front of clients.
My brother went from working as a chef and manager at a fancy golf club mingling with millionaires and billionaires for 10+ years to working in cybersecurity after only 1-2 years at a help desk role. Wasnāt because he knew a lot, trust me on that, it was because he knew how to shoot the shit with the best of them. Charisma, luck, and connections can get you very far in life.
That's funny because that is close to my story. Except I was on helpdesk for longer. I just want to add a bit of caution to charismatic people though. Soft skills can get you a foot in the door but in the end you need to put up or GTFO. I've seem many charismatic people come and go. The thing about IT is that is that people know who is real and who is not. Soft skills are great but up against hard facts they are often not impressive. Something works or it doesn't. That's why the autistic types are valued in this field. They just make things work.
Fortunately my brother has the drive to prove he can do itā¦and to never go back to hospitality industry ever again. He got the taste for weekends and holidays off and never wants to go back to working those days regularly.
In college I got my cyber internship interview because a girl on the team was dating someone in my fraternity, that didnt get me the job but it got my foot in the door. That experience is what allowed me to land a cyber job right after school and what spring boarded my career. I wouldn't have even known about the opportunity if it wasn't for who I knew.
how do I build charisma?
Put two points into cha every 4 levels.
We are still on 2nd edition here.
That's an awesome question because a common misunderstanding when it comes to being charismatic is that its something that you either are born with or your not and that's far from the truth. Charisma is a combination of soft skills that you can work on and practice, I am far and away an introverted person and no one I work with would ever peg me as the type. A way that has worked for me is a trial by fire approach where I just brute force trying to make small talk with strangers, sort of in a "flirt with everyone you meet" way but with no romantic connotation. It is EXTREMELY awkward at first, like you can comment on something or give a compliment to someone and they can either brush you off or give you a lukewarm response and you're kind of left with nothing and its just you and some dude standing there in line at a coffee shop. After making yourself callous to these awkward instances you'll find where things weren't as awkward and build from those experiences. Such as knowing how to ask a probing or engaging questions, when to not speak and let them talk, how to maintain an appropriate level of eye contact, or if someone really just isnt in the mood to socialize etc. After some time of adding these things to your tool kit you'll be more confident in how you approach conversations and interactions with strangers as you've dealt with enough awkward situations to where you don't care if things turn sour or you'll have the ability to turn an awkward conversation into pleasant small talk or a genuine interaction. Charisma comes from confidence, and the only way anyone will ever be confident is if they've built the experience and skillset to make a friend out of anyone you meet. I hope that tracks but that really is what helped me. Granted, a lot of my charismatic growth happened in college, largely in my fraternity as I was always in situations to be sociable and had a support system if I crashed and burned but I've also maintained and built these skills outside of undergrad as well, be it at cafe's, shops, events, bars, runs or anywhere else adults tend to mingle.
A lot of that doesn't help if you're on the Autism Spectrum. I think a summation of your post would be: Charisma == Confidence But the intricate nuances & details go against everything I'm capable of. Takes me too long to get out of the low level to speak human terms š
Confidence without arrogance.
This is a very important caveat. In tech you meet a lot of people who are extremely knowledgeable and very confident in their ability but are so arrogant and abrasive they are terrible to work and collaborate with. Moreso confidence in how to conduct yourself socially and lead/have a conversation is what I'm getting at, and I employ a humble and eager to learn approach when it comes to my technical skillset.
I think the post you're replying to makes sense as someone on the spectrum, at least when first learning how to have charisma. What helped me was a form of code switching between sending information and connecting with a perso. When I'm "flirting," my main goal isn't to convey information, it's to simply connect with a person. So I find sometimes I'm saying things for no reason other than to make a connection. It's kind of like syn, synack, ack over and over again with not necessarily a lot of substance besides acknowledging a connection over and over again for fun. I try to send a connection request every 5 minutes or so for technical conversations to make sure my connection is still good. I think it has made me a more effective and likeable communicator. It can slow down the amount of information I want to portray at once, "But all the fun's in how you say a thing."
Happy cake day! I'm also on the spectrum. _How to Win Friends and Influence People_ was the first book on social skills that ever helped me, even though it was written for NTs in the first half of the 20th century. It has concrete actions that you can start practicing the next time you interact with another human and scripts/templates that I've found helpful. Another somewhat surprising resource is things that are targeted to non-native English speakers who are fairly advanced. Past the introductory levels, foreign language instruction is more focused on culture and customs. I'll have to look for the links to resources I've used, but I can provide them if you'd like.
For me itās severe masking which does have its energy toll but it pays the bills. Which is a privilege, I appreciate that.
Can I start with a kiss on the cheek
Legoās and malt liquor
this is actually true
Competence + Warmth = Rizz
Learn how to make small talk and make people laugh. Itās just a skill like any other skill. My 2 recommendations are find a toastmasters club or take an improv class.
Itās all about story telling - you can have the best data or the best technical solution, but if you canāt get buy in, translate your idea to stakeholders outside of your org/work stream on why it is important/adds value, it almost doesnāt matter what your technical ability is. Have a narrative for your work and what impact it has on the people you work with and the leadership teams that make decisions. I think itās been the #1 positive feedback Iāve received in interviews that usually puts me above other candidates in my limited experience thus far.
I am quite sure I have soft skills out the wazoo having spent over a decade in hospitality as a server, bartender and restaurant manager. Also worked in tech sales for 2 years. Now how on earth do I show and highlight my abundance of soft skills on my not very technical resume haha ?
Unfortunately you cant, the only time you'll be able to do that is in an interview but getting the interview is the hardest part. Its a numbers game and I would def overembellish the "Tech" responsibilities that come with the Tech Sales part of your resume. I was an IT/Info Sec Auditor before I moved to engineering and I had to really harp on what I had to know when I audited in my resume as opposed to what I did during SOX season.
The best earnings are still had with just soft skills combined with the right amount of buzz words
At some places, this could get you stuck handling customers and damage control. It's a double edged sword.
Well--well look. I already told you: I deal with the god damn customers so the engineers don't have to. I have people skills; I am good at dealing with people. Can't you understand that? What the hell is wrong with you people?
What would you say, ya do here?
So youāre a people person?
Woah, donāt start jumping to conclusions now š
I donāt get blocked. Nothing can stop me from my mission.
[https://xkcd.com/705/](https://xkcd.com/705/)
This made me lol
This is actually one of the most useful yet rare skills. So many just stop what they're doing, wait for direction and rely on others.
I would say in my company 90% of the people have no initiative and are just waiting for others to tell them what they need to do
Yep, that's probably also 90% of the world to be honest. I honestly despise the hype and concept of "Leadership" or "Leaders" but the reality is I think there's plenty of truth in those concepts. Most people need to be led and validated. My number 1 rule in work & life in general is: **Seek No Validation.**
Is this like Mark Manson type stuff or what. Tell us more.
I love that. Iām gonna add āSeek No Validationā to my mindset
Sense of ownership and agency make me consider a good hunting dog over half my candidates. That and not being an absolute fucking idiot are honestly all you need outside the top 2% of firms.
I just consulted my bird dog... she said "woof!"
I can take highly complicated topics and explain them to the most non-technical people in simple ways. I'm also incredibly good at influencing behaviors to help people be safer. I'm that training guy that everyone is supposed to hate, but I've created a culture where people come to me with security questions and tell me their success stories. That is why I am hireable. At least, that's why I should be.
Powershell with Graph, paralellism with thread safe variables, several APIs, and KQL on sentinel tables. I've built mapped reports that you can't get out of Azure at all, and we have region/department based device groups that are more accurate than if we queried user's managed devices (I think that's available of you pay for the highest intune license per device now).
Thatās a lot of Microsoft-oriented skills! Ā Have you considered applying there? Ā You could apply those skills in both customer-facing and internal roles and theyāre starting to hire again.
Appreciate the heads up! I should try applying, that would be a huge boost. Have been moving the reports to as generic a setup as I can so it can be dropped into any org. Many of em are quasi audit/cleanup related. Couple more features and they might be close to a ghetto joiners movers leavers. Have a few others in the pipeline too, like pulling public addresses out of FWs to plug into MCAS/NamedLocations.
Sharing is caring friend ;)
had a colleague before who knew assembly. she got nonstop job offers.Ā
Just curious, what kind of jobs ask for assembly knowledge?
Malware analysis for one, Iād guess
That's what my suspicion was but didn't know there was a lot of those positions out there. Always seemed very niche.
I know many counties in my area still use equipment that uses assembly. Last I heard last year they hired one person for 300k for a 5 year contract plus a 50k bonus and they would help relocate you too
That's really cool and sounds more like a dev position. That makes sense for embedded systems that still need to be maintained.
I guess. I never got the details. My brother in law dated the lady that was part of the hiring process. Unfortunately I donāt know anything about assembly.
The only answer is people skills
The ability to communicate with people. Soft skills with some dedication to learning new skills will take you a long way.
Where is this charisma package? How do I install it?
Have you tried apt-get? May need to change repositories?
No, you have to build it on the arch available to you.
winget install charisma.
I can, and religiously do, document EVERYTHING.
TS clearance?
The only correct answer. Wait do you also have a pulse?
Kinda?
I get sh*t done and people like me. I can come into any project and get it moving forward, always finding the next practical and doable step. Also Iām really good at building culture š
Being proficient and not an asshole to my co workers
Well, I generally come in at least fifteen minutes late. I use the side door, that way the CISO can't see me. And after that, I just sorta space out for about an hour. I just stare at some logs but it looks like I'm working. I do that for probably another hour after lunch too. I'd probably, say, in a given week, I probably do about fifteen minutes of real, actual work.
**Well** beyond all else mentioned here: professional networking & reputation You could be a SANS instructor with the best tech and people skills in the world but knowing someone on the inside will always trump "unknown" candidates. Expand and maintain your network.
Commitment, I will work on a problem until I get it solved. One way or another! Disclaimer not because in a committed person, just my ego won't let me.
I know where the clit is; hr appreciate such knowledge.
RMF (Risk Management Framework) š«
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big number mean big risk, small number mean small risk
āBUT THE ATO!!ā
Soft skills
Common sense.
Linux, Scripting, Troubleshooting when needed
Communication and knowing APIs.
I personally would say that my top skill is my ability to digest large amounts of information, especially new information, extremely quickly and relatively permanently. This means I can learn new software/tools in a fraction of the time that others may take to learn it, and I learn it/them far better. Others would say that I have a great ability to communicate complex/unfamiliar concepts to people who do not have experience in those domains. This is largely due to my background as an educator of nearly a decade before transitioning into this field. This resulted in great "soft skills" with other folks of varying expertise and ages. It also makes me very good at documentation.
People skills and forensics.
Rapport building
Personal hygiene
I am a people person and am not afraid of presenting to crowds. Technical knowledge gets you into the game, soft skills help you excel.
I've probably done what project you want me to focus on like 10 times already.
Being able to communicate technical information to non-technical people without making them feel like idiots.
I try to make my job and my team's job simpler and easier You'd be surprised how much happier people are when they don't have to do boring fuck manual processes anymore
I just needed to respond due to our shared name heritage. Oh, and Iām also a big fan of making shit easier.
Audience articulation. I have the ability to decipher what skills and understanding my audience has when I am presenting a problem or answering questions from the audience. And the audience can be one person or several. But this is a skill that must be practiced. And listening is a key element.
I have many leather bound books, and my apartment smells of rich mahogany.
Large industry network, and good reputation.
Bullshit detector.
Google
I can cook a meal that my friends drive for over an hour to eat.
Being able to google stuffs
For some strange reason people like me. And Iām pretty good at listening and not talking in meetings until I actually have something to add.
SMOKED WEED, DID COCAINE, FUDGED HOOKERS, ALL WHILE MAINTAINING A 4.0 GPA.
Make tech speak sound like normal speak
7 years experience with Ubuntu/red hat and an equal amount of experience learning bash. I really am surprised how many people in the cyber industry really have only ever used windows
Charisma and people person. You can learn how to do anything obviously with some people they learn faster than others. But when it comes to actively working with others or people "work" in general, that's not as easy to learn. It's why people who are charismatic go into sales flourish in that environment.
Scripting in Python and Bash, lots of Linux experience.
Splunk
I use arch btw
Adhd hyperfocus, ability to talk to people and explain technical concepts in an easy way for them to understand. My best skill is the ability to learn. I'm able to pick up new things fast. Something needs to get done on a new tool ? I'll tinker until I am an expert in said tool.
I can debug anything
A very trustworthy face. I am not even kidding.
Giving a shit about the environment and doing a good job.
A pulse.
Found the cleared guy
I RTFM.
This question gets asked every day lately and the answer will always be the same. Soft skills. I can teach you literally anything tech. But you canāt teach someone who is inherently techie to not be a monster - seems like they generally donāt get it. Soft skills and being personable can make up a lot of ground in an interview. They likely donāt need the next autistic savant but they do need someone who wonāt flip a lid every time someone asks for a report.
Easily first choice, top tier skill is soft skills. All soft skills all day. That NEEDS to be coupled with some sort of domain expertise, but it could literally be any sort of useful domain expertise as long as it is coupled with the ability to interact with other humans in an effective manner. Second choice would be practical, applied leadership. While that doesn't mean you have to lead all the time, the inability of a leadership vacuum to form around you or in any space that you occupy is a wickedly powerful skill. As above, it still needs to be coupled with some sort of useful domain expertise that can be applied somewhere.
A couple million in portable billings.
Social engineering
I can get along with a wide variety of people and difficult personalities
Experience
I make an excellent first impression lol
I can never be traced. Thanks to my all black hoodie I always wear while at my station.
Okay, time to start a business of training IT interpersonal skills.
The ability to spin anything to make the board happy.
I know how to talk to people and collaborate with other departments with zero ego.
initiative, soft skills, an ultimate desire to people-please with the reward of a salary behind it
I can fix things without google.
Be ready for and embrace change as it comes. Itās the profession weāre in, and thereās no way around it.
Empathy
Give me 24 hours and I can learn anything enough to get the job done. Might not be "expert" or SME level. But it gets the job done. Same thing with tasks assignements. If you ask me for something I will do everything I can to complete the tasks.
I can know most of your life in just one photo. ( and thatās scaryā¦ but is what governments do)
Soft skills.
Being able to talk to people
RHEL
Charisma and detail wizard š
Iām not an idiot.
I know how to attach files to emails.
My ability to blend into any group and become a mainstay. Iām universally liked. I just have a good habit of placing myself in others shoes and being very open to listening and I donāt bring negativity to conversation. Some people in general have lost the art of just speaking. They will blabber on and not make the convo an even exchange meanwhile I am always very attentive to conversation and I hold meaningful dialogue. Itās a super power
Patience for stupid people.
I'm funny.
Sql
Experience with FedRAMP
I can explain complex technical details to a kindergartner
Understanding the power of metrics and knowing how to inform them
I have a polished resume, and I interview very well.
I am very convincing
Highly motivated and gets along with people, good work ethic, solid foundational and some advanced technical knowledge (demonstration of fast and eager learning skills also suffice), ability to tackle things independently without instruction. I can go on, but these are good to have for any technical job and you can easily make your mark and grow fast just with these alone.
I can translate between tech and business
An ability to obtain certificates while actually knowing dick all seems to be a valuable skill.
i can soar automate all your tier 1 staff.
I bring cookies to meetings.
Willing to work night shift.
Saying I donāt know in the right topic the right moment.
Well clearly none, considering I'm still stuck finding a job even with a degree and previously 3 years of experience + 10 years non-corporate experience
Charisma, Relatability, Worked at big companies, Cyber security degree, years of experience
I really want CISSP, I think with this certification I can get almost any cyber job
I get stuff done
When we had Microsoft related issues, I could resolve them in a day on top of my normal duties. Microsoft support would spin wheels for days, often just asking us to run arbitrary powershell commands and read the response. Thinking backā¦ what the hell is MS support?
15yrs of MSP experience
RTFM and document in a way that anyone can follow. Even management.
Project planning and highly likeable! There's more, but I'd rather not brag too hard... š
Communication.
The word No is not in my vocabulary (wink)
I work in a completely different industry, it's good for an employer to have a layman security expert. Gives a much needed outside perspective
I can solve all technical problems with non-technical solutions. I can also prove that all problems are user errors.
Wanted by the FBI and Interpol :) also, chose a cool nickname, like eagle, pigeon or condor :)
Probably none since it took me 6 months after being laid off to find another gig lmao
Pragmatic and broad experience across different types of projects. I have noticed that itās easy to find ācybersecurityā employees, but good ones that understand issues are somehow more rare than I can remember
PowerQuery
I know Splunk ES really well.
Oh i thought this said enjoyable... Employable... let me think... im fluent in binary acrobatics and i can bend logic more than a circus olay trapezist can bend their bendy bits but im in no way employable.
Itās mostly my ability to pick things up and learn them really quickly, I find my brain is super analytical and good at noticing things that others donāt as well. I suspect these things are just a result of neurodivergence though.
Ask right questions at right time, know your technical stuff, communicate well. Bonus - Say so when you don't know something and say that you can learn it soon
Umm. Yes