Bytes, Bits & Brilliance: Career Insights and Inspiration

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I Think I Lost a Job Opportunity for Refusing to Share Sensitive Information

2026-10-1225:53

Send us Fan Mail The hidden cost of job searching, layoffs, and digital privacy This episode is a solo reflection on the modern job market, shaped by layoff experiences, career transitions, and a tense moment in an interview process involving personal data. Connecting career uncertainty with larger questions about privacy, control, and what people are expected to give up just to stay employed. We discuss how the job market has changed, what layoffs really feel like across different stag...

The Cybersecurity Talent Crisis Is Evolving — Are We Missing the Bigger Picture?

2026-07-0640:43

Send us Fan Mail What if the real cybersecurity workforce problem isn’t just headcount — but how the work itself is changing? In this episode, I dig into a SANS and GIAC report that challenges the usual “talent shortage” narrative and reveals a more complex picture of AI, compliance, career progression, and the future of cyber talent. In this episode, I explore: Why skills gaps are now outranking staffing shortages in cybersecurityHow AI is reshaping entry-level cyber roles and the path to ex...

Problem-Solving Over Pedigree: How to Break Into Cybersecurity and Succeed

2026-06-2947:00

Send us Fan Mail There’s a narrative in cybersecurity that’s quietly pushing good people away. And it’s a problem we need to address. In this episode, I’m unpacking a tension that doesn’t make sense on the surface: Thousands of open cybersecurity roles… and still, talented people questioning whether they belong. So what’s really going on? We talk about: The disconnect between the cybersecurity talent shortage and hiring practicesWhy the industry’s messaging may be discouraging capable profess...

The Cyber Talent Gap: Unlocking the 2026 SANS GIAC Workforce Report (Guest: Brian Correia)

2026-06-2201:14:28

Send us Fan Mail What’s really happening in the cybersecurity workforce—and why are so many organizations still struggling to hire and retain the right talent? In this episode, I sit down with Brian Correia, the Director of Global Cyber Workforce Strategy & Engagement at SANS, to unpack key insights from the 2026 SANS GIAC Workforce Report. But this isn’t your typical workforce conversation. This report focuses on “cyber talent leaders”—the people responsible for hiring, developing, and r...

The Three T's That Got Me Through Career Collapse (And Will Work For You Too)

2026-06-1525:52

Send us Fan Mail Your track record for surviving hard days is 100%. Let me prove it to you. In this deeply personal episode, I'm pulling back the curtain on the three T's that have kept me grounded through 28 years in tech, multiple layoffs, career transitions, and everything in between. You'll learn: Transparency: Why vulnerability is your secret weapon—and how admitting "I'm not okay" actually heals you and everyone around youTransformation: The counterintuitive reason job loss and setbacks...

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Bytes, Bits & Brilliance: Career Insights and Inspiration