There is NO cybersecurity skills gap.

What we’re seeing is late stage capitalism. Mass layoffs. RTO mandates. Federal positions eliminated. Gov’t contracts slashed.

Highly qualified cybersecurity professionals - people with decades of experience, degrees, certifications, security clearances, leadership experience - are out of work right now!

And yet, people are still out here pushing “just get a cyber cert,” or “go get a cybersecurity degree,” as if that’s going to solve anything. It won’t!

This isn’t a skills problem. It’s an economic problem!

Look at the CEO-to-worker pay ratio. Look at how shareholder profits and quarterly earnings are the only thing that matter in boardrooms.

Companies would rather lay off entire cybersecurity teams than risk slightly lower short-term profits. It’s unsustainable! It has been for years!

White collar technical fields have been largely insulated from this before - but now?

We’re in the “Find Out” stage of the capitalism FAFO cycle.

If you’re struggling right now: It is not you. It’s not your skills. It’s not your résumé!

It’s the system! We're in a bad system and the system needs fixed holistically.

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