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I live in Canada, and I already have 3 government clearances (Secret - federal, general - provincial and about to obtain an enhanced one if this manager can pull off a shadowing opportunity for my jobs SOC)

I honestly think it’s my location. I see so many jobs in dc that I could probably try my luck, but sponsorships are hard to get. Not impossible, but fukking hard under y’all fukkboy of a president.

once I get this sec+ I do pray opportunities start to come to me

Canada is a tough place for entry level or any IT positions. They bring in a lot of foreign workers which makes it difficult for actual Canadian citizens. Read an article about it on some tech site.
 

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Started the cybersecurity analyst job yesterday and pretty much sat there with 2 other dudes watching Youtube vids while 2 suspicious emails came in from other countries and that was it. Its a crime to make this much $$ for not doing shyt :pachaha:

Gonna try to get on the monitoring team in a few months to mess around with the IDSs/IPSs

And my shift is avoids all traffic :blessed:
Fam... same here. Been having naps for like 4 hours a day in between working, wauw
 

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Question is the difference between Network Attached Storage and Storage Area Network??
 

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Getting burnt out at the job brehs
been here 10 MO
its just most customer service these days
the virus has affected the company finciancally
feeling stagnant
 

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Started the cybersecurity analyst job yesterday and pretty much sat there with 2 other dudes watching Youtube vids while 2 suspicious emails came in from other countries and that was it. Its a crime to make this much $$ for not doing shyt :pachaha:

Gonna try to get on the monitoring team in a few months to mess around with the IDSs/IPSs

And my shift is avoids all traffic :blessed:
How much do you make?
 

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Just had the introduction meeting for my Cyber course. Starts Monday and it's 6pm-9pm until Nov 2. They said they will help with other Cyber Security certs behind the initial Net + and Comp Tia free vouchers. The program was aimed to get minorities in tech and based on the zoom meeting, I'm one of 3 black people in a class of 40 the rest are Asian and Middle Eastern:snoop:
 
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had opportunities to learn how to do CTFs...but virtualbox is still a piece of shyt on toast.

Ubuntu didn't work, Kali didn't work. If Parrot doesn't work I'm tossing this computer out the window :snoop:

Canada is a tough place for entry level or any IT positions. They bring in a lot of foreign workers which makes it difficult for actual Canadian citizens. Read an article about it on some tech site.
I'm realizing this. I just got another job rejection email. I've done everything. The coaches, the resume reviews to reflect transferrable skills. It's like if you don't already have 5 certs and 10 years of experience nobody wants to take you in and and teach you within a position.

If they do, you gotta be indian for them to care. This is exactly why I want a TN and move to DMV or Charlotte. There's so much opportunity there.
 

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had opportunities to learn how to do CTFs...but virtualbox is still a piece of shyt on toast.

Ubuntu didn't work, Kali didn't work. If Parrot doesn't work I'm tossing this computer out the window :snoop:


I'm realizing this. I just got another job rejection email. I've done everything. The coaches, the resume reviews to reflect transferrable skills. It's like if you don't already have 5 certs and 10 years of experience nobody wants to take you in and and teach you within a position.

If they do, you gotta be indian for them to care. This is exactly why I want a TN and move to DMV or Charlotte. There's so much opportunity there.
You can also do CTF's online. Lots of them are free.

I'll see if I can find my link to VMware workstation and send it to you via PM.

Trump is about to cancel all work visas into the US.

Trump | h1b visa: Donald Trump considering suspending H1B, other visas: Report
 
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