No, go into cybersecurity. We need red hot passionate people to defend against the onslaught of bad stuff out there. It used to be viruses would display dumb messages on the screen or rain down alphabet letters. Now they're taking over kids hospital networks and holding municipalities hostage, crippling everyday life for lots of unwary people who just want to pay their water bill or register a car.
What was first done in jest has now gotten mean.
Sign up. This is All Hands on Deck.
The work is grueling.
The hours are long.
You see the moon more than you do the sun and your doctor crams Vitamin D down your throat like you're an uncooperative dog taking their medicine.
Your family doesn't remember what you look like.
Your non tech coworkers think you're a zombie.
You start confusing Thursday with Monday like it's the pandemic.
But when you find that vuln,
and you close that hole,
and you sign that report
and your scan comes back clean
and your sensors don't trip
and your logs all jive
and your eyes start to close
because you're dead dog tired
You wake up the next day and you wouldn't trade this life for anything else.
Because you'd rather it be you fighting the good fight than someone unprepared.
Welcome to the Thunderdome, baby. 😊