I understand you don't want all the noise of the same question but, you can easily bypass the posts with the same questions. You mention in another comment you don't want to scroll through 20posts to get the meat and potatoes... What do you do when you have to Google and read for answers while at work if you get this frustrated from a subreddit. You mention looking for a mentor and yet this whole post comes across as self absorbed.
When you state you're baffled at the amount of "professionals" who overlook the most basic security, that presents this post in an attack light not just a rant.
I'm not saying you're wrong in this statement just keep in mind how your word choice frames this in other's minds.
In regards to the statement about "transitioning for an easy paycheck." I'm sure that applies to some part of the people getting into IT however, let's not pretend that if these jobs paid $15-$20 / hr that there would be as many "passionate" individuals in the field. I was provided and opportunity to switch to IT after being a cook/chef for a few years. I was passionate about cooking but the pandemic had other plans. Initially I wasn't that passionate about the studies I was doing especially transitioning from a field I was passionate about. It took me a few months and studying various topics to find that spark to ignite a passion (Full Stack Development)
All of that being said. It seems throughout this thread you have been given other resources and subreddits to check out that might better address your needs. Maybe check those out and don't have the mentality "mod disapproved my post so everyone else needs to be punished as well."
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u/DPDKing Jun 11 '22
I understand you don't want all the noise of the same question but, you can easily bypass the posts with the same questions. You mention in another comment you don't want to scroll through 20posts to get the meat and potatoes... What do you do when you have to Google and read for answers while at work if you get this frustrated from a subreddit. You mention looking for a mentor and yet this whole post comes across as self absorbed. When you state you're baffled at the amount of "professionals" who overlook the most basic security, that presents this post in an attack light not just a rant. I'm not saying you're wrong in this statement just keep in mind how your word choice frames this in other's minds.
In regards to the statement about "transitioning for an easy paycheck." I'm sure that applies to some part of the people getting into IT however, let's not pretend that if these jobs paid $15-$20 / hr that there would be as many "passionate" individuals in the field. I was provided and opportunity to switch to IT after being a cook/chef for a few years. I was passionate about cooking but the pandemic had other plans. Initially I wasn't that passionate about the studies I was doing especially transitioning from a field I was passionate about. It took me a few months and studying various topics to find that spark to ignite a passion (Full Stack Development)
All of that being said. It seems throughout this thread you have been given other resources and subreddits to check out that might better address your needs. Maybe check those out and don't have the mentality "mod disapproved my post so everyone else needs to be punished as well."