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Being exceptional in cybersecurity is a pretty good indicator that someone will be successful in other fields. A good cybersecurity person will understand that

Being exceptional in cybersecurity is a pretty good indicator that someone will be successful in other fields. A good cybersecurity person will understand that cybersecurity is a mix of technical mastery and the art of understanding human behaviour.

aleph_minus_one 10mo ago
> Being exceptional in cybersecurity is a pretty good indicator that someone will be successful in other fields. I am not so certain about this. In particular being exceptional in cybersecurity does not make you good at playing political games or having the traits that a lot of bosses want from employees (I will attempt to avoid starting a discussion whether I consider such traits to be good or bad).
- hsbauauvhabzb 10mo ago
  Exceptional includes soft skills too.
  - aleph_minus_one 10mo ago
    1. You re-defined the scope of what it means to be exceptional in cybersecurity. 2. One example of a trait that many bosses desire, but is not a social skill per se is docility.
    - hsbauauvhabzb 10mo ago
      If a doctor excels at health science but is so terrible at client communication that their patients do not understand or follow medical advice and instructions, are they a good doctor?
      - aleph_minus_one 10mo ago
        I would say: medicine consists of many sub-disciplines and there are many very different positions for doctors in the medical system, including ones where you have a lot less to discuss with patients. So, yes, such as doctor who excels at health science is very likely a really good doctor, but this does not imply that this doctor will excel in every position in the medical system for which doctors are hired. This is very consistent with my claim that I don't think that "being exceptional in cybersecurity is a pretty good indicator that someone will be successful in other fields".
philipwhiuk 10mo ago
Let me guess - you work in cybersecurity? This is XKCD #793 all over

aleph_minus_one 10mo ago

> Being exceptional in cybersecurity is a pretty good indicator that someone will be successful in other fields. I am not so certain about this. In particular being exceptional in cybersecurity does not make you good at playing political games or having the traits that a lot of bosses want from employees (I will attempt to avoid starting a discussion whether I consider such traits to be good or bad).

hsbauauvhabzb 10mo ago
Exceptional includes soft skills too.
- aleph_minus_one 10mo ago
  1. You re-defined the scope of what it means to be exceptional in cybersecurity. 2. One example of a trait that many bosses desire, but is not a social skill per se is docility.
  - hsbauauvhabzb 10mo ago
    If a doctor excels at health science but is so terrible at client communication that their patients do not understand or follow medical advice and instructions, are they a good doctor?
    - aleph_minus_one 10mo ago
      I would say: medicine consists of many sub-disciplines and there are many very different positions for doctors in the medical system, including ones where you have a lot less to discuss with patients. So, yes, such as doctor who excels at health science is very likely a really good doctor, but this does not imply that this doctor will excel in every position in the medical system for which doctors are hired. This is very consistent with my claim that I don't think that "being exceptional in cybersecurity is a pretty good indicator that someone will be successful in other fields".

philipwhiuk 10mo ago

Let me guess - you work in cybersecurity? This is XKCD #793 all over