I was in Microsoft security and was laid off. It has been f***n frustrating last month. Appl and googl where I tried relentlessly don’t give any shit and no response in resumes though they are actively hiring security engineers. Let me tell how it feels like after working like a dog for an entire year and hoped to get your share of rest and shine but instead getting handed smelly dogshit later. It feels like when the ship was sailing to Hawaii with likes of Copilot and everything, hell of a scope for innovation and you get littered out on the way. I can say and so did my M1 & M2. I am good security researcher. I would have joined back if only there weren’t any freeze. In the heat of shock they wanted me back but feels so empty now seeing everybody move on with their lives. (bit of Stockholm Syndrome) There is no coping mechanism or escapism. Its hard to get any routine in life with any goals with these kind of sad feelings. Listening to alternative/indie rock. TC: 0 YOE: 5 (2 in MS) #tech #security #jobs
What level were you? I heard there were only very few layoffs in the security orgs.
61. I don’t have the count.
India or US?
India
I thought Charlie Bell said there were no layoffs in Security
No there are
Very small since the leaders are advertising more openings
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You got replaced by security copilot
Not really AI can’t keep up with all the excellent ways blackhat hackers can exploit the systems where they see high ROI. And surface keeps growing and 0days vuln. never seems to stop coming.
That being said its a great tool - copilots, api and also as foundation models. Good even for a blackhats and/or malware authors who may benefit from its alignment issues.