Let's talk job offer negotiation, a ๐Ÿงต.

If you've heard my talks on this, you know I'm a huge advocate for knowing your worth, getting paid, and asking for what you need.

Recruiters and hiring managers expect it, they're not going to rescind an offer if you ask for more ๐Ÿ’ฐ

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However, you also have to know what can and cannot be negotiated and remember it's a negotiation not a demand letter.

Salary, bonus, time-off, flexible work/wfh, signing bonuses, title

These are things that can typically be negotiated to varying degrees.

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Health/Dental coverage, retirement plans, other corporate benefits and all their associated costs and provisions

These are things that are pretty universal across the org, only get setup once per year, and most often cannot be negotiated.

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You should be strategic about what you ask for. Know what is most important to you. Remember it's a negotiation so you may have to be flexible on something else to get what you want.

Also remember that negotiable elements can be used to makeup for non-negotiable items.

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For instance. Say the medical coverage doesn't hit all the points you need or is more expensive than you pay now. You can use that as leverage to negotiate a higher salary, or a signing bonus, etc.

Just know they won't create a special medical plan just for you.

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Finally, be realistic about what you ask. While they expect a negotiation, if you come back with a laundry list of every possible complaint, that's probably a sign that it's just not a good fit.

In fact, if you send them that list, they will likely recognize that and say so.

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No one wants to negotiate with someone who just detailed out why every aspect of the offer was bad, that's a bridge too far.

So set your priorities, know what you're worth, and get it. But, it is a negotiation and sometimes they fail. Don't let desperation push you into

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accepting terms you're not happy with. In the end, that'll be toxic for you and the organization and you either won't last or you'll be miserable. Don't be afraid to say "This just isn't a fit" and walk away. It's ok.

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6 Nov
Hey #infosec n00bs!!

One of the worst habits we have in security is speaking in absolutes. Saying things like "Unhackable", "Breachproof", "Fully Secure", "No Risk". They're simply untrue.

But this also includes when we talk about skillsets. There are no absolutes.

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So when someone says, "You must know x, y, z" or "You have to do a, b, c" to get a certain job (or any job) in security, you can simply toss out those absolutes in with all the other fallacious absolutisms that security people throw around. Simply ignore them.

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The reality is we need people of all different skillsets, all different backgrounds, and with all different perspectives in order to be successful. Security is about problem solving and problem solving is strongest when different viewpoints collaborate.

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As more job descriptions are including pay range, you as a job seeker need to understand how those ranges actually work.

You might look at a range of $110K-155K and say, well I'll take $155K thanks! However, that might not always be the right approach.

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Unfortunately, most orgs only train managers (and sometimes not even them) on how these ranges work. Typically, there is a high, low, and midpoint.

The high-level goal is to bring people who are below the mid-point for a role, up to that mid-point.

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This happens through good performance appraisals that drive good raises and up they float. For those who've now moved beyond the mid-point, that's a sign to their leader that they should be about ready for next level up (i.e. a promotion), so those conversations start.

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A ๐Ÿงต about tech interviews:

The technical interview is one of the most contentious aspects of the recruiting process IMHO. Hiring managers and orgs don't always handle it well and candidates get beat up with anxiety from the process. So how do we make it better?

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When I interviewed for my role at @Snyksec, I thought I bombed my tech interview. Benji asked me a couple questions about concepts I had never heard of before.

I admitted I didn't know the answer, but then shared a bit of logical deduction based on the terms as to what

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I thought they may mean. I was sure I had really messed up. However, I got an offer and shortly after I started I found out he thought I did very well and actually had recommended hiring me based off the interview. He told me he liked how I thought about things and that I was

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24 Jun
So I really want @ECCouncil to understand the damage they've done (a thread):

1. People who proudly achieved certifications are now disavowing and not renewing those certifications because of the shady practices of the org that provided those certs. All that hard work, lost.
2. People who won awards from your org are now renouncing those awards because they don't want to be associated with the practices of a company like @ECCouncil. These were accomplishments they should be able to be proud of that you've ruined.
3. Organizations and universities who've built educational programs and partnerships are being forced to review and potentially change their entire approach because they can't count on the integrity of @ECCouncil's materials.
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So I want to make clear just how trivial it was to find repeated cases of plagiarism in the EC-Council blogs. All it took was going to recent blogs, finding a few key terms in the content and then Googling for those terms. Literally that's it. #ECCPlagiarism

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With less than 30 minutes of work, I was able to easily locate the original works that were leveraged to craft two of their blogs. That time included verifying the content matched, taking screen shots, confirming the blog was cached at archive.org and posting

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the details.

So consider this as you hear @ECCOUNCIL claiming that they tried to prevent plagiarism. No more than 5-10 minutes of human effort per blog and they could have avoided this mess. One has to question, since they didn't, did they really even care?

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OK my last tweet (ok a thread) on the whole EC-Council fiasco for the night. They've shut down their blog and someone already congratulated me.

Let me be clear, I am not happy and I am not celebrating. This is not a win. There are only losers here. EC-Council loses for

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the obvious reasons.

However, our community loses as well. This whole thing sows distrust between practitioners and all of the educational and certification orgs we place our trust in.

Content creators lose as we realize we have to take exceptional measures to protect

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our works and their copyrights.

Ultimately, I hate this whole thing. I hate that it has robbed us all of so much. I hate that the effort I put into helping EC-Council in April turned out to be a waste.

I don't know where this is headed next, but no, I am not celebrating

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