--- title: "#career-change articles | Hashnode" description: "Explore 105 articles tagged #career-change on Hashnode. Tutorials, guides, and how-tos from the community." url: "https://hashnode.com/tag/career-change" --- Tag # #career-change 105 posts · 1 followers [0x8r41nr07](https://hashnode.com/@0x8r41nr07) · [2d ago](https://hashnode.com/posts/i-spent-thirty-years-making-sure-the-room-noticed-me-this-week-the-job-was-making-sure-it-didn-t/6af4084d95a7a1559cc8ccb5) ### [I Spent Thirty Years Making Sure the Room Noticed Me. This Week the Job Was Making Sure It Didn't.](https://braindump.0x8r41nr07.xyz/i-spent-thirty-years-making-sure-the-room-noticed-me-this-week-the-job-was-making-sure-it-didn-t?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) Tuesday I wrote "I'm no attention getter" in my journal. Wednesday I wrote almost the same sentence again. Two nights in a row, unprompted, like my hand kept circling back to check if it was still true. 5 min read · [braindump.0x8r41nr07.xyz](https://braindump.0x8r41nr07.xyz/i-spent-thirty-years-making-sure-the-room-noticed-me-this-week-the-job-was-making-sure-it-didn-t?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [0x8r41nr07](https://hashnode.com/@0x8r41nr07) · [Oct 13](https://hashnode.com/posts/the-ai-blocked-me-mid-pentest-and-i-wasn-t-even-mad/6acdae3971c1f0521dc454df) ### [The AI Blocked Me Mid-Pentest, and I Wasn't Even Mad](https://braindump.0x8r41nr07.xyz/the-ai-blocked-me-mid-pentest-and-i-wasn-t-even-mad?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) Wednesday I got stopped by a guardrail on my own machine, on a scope I'm allowed to be testing. My first reaction wasn't frustration. It was: good, it's actually paying attention. 4 min read · [braindump.0x8r41nr07.xyz](https://braindump.0x8r41nr07.xyz/the-ai-blocked-me-mid-pentest-and-i-wasn-t-even-mad?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [jingwon](https://hashnode.com/@Linhanh) · [Oct 1](https://hashnode.com/posts/at-34-i-learned-to-code-from-scratch-then-realized-i-wasn-t-starting-over/6abe31bfc8e41a93536b7e87) ### [At 34, I Learned to Code From Scratch — Then Realized I Wasn't Starting Over](https://bybyte.hashnode.dev/at-34-i-learned-to-code-from-scratch-then-realized-i-wasn-t-starting-over?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) From marketing to code at 34. What AI can and can't do for career switchers, and why "starting from zero" is a lie we tell ourselves. 8 min read · [bybyte.hashnode.dev](https://bybyte.hashnode.dev/at-34-i-learned-to-code-from-scratch-then-realized-i-wasn-t-starting-over?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [1](https://hashnode.com/posts/at-34-i-learned-to-code-from-scratch-then-realized-i-wasn-t-starting-over/6abe31bfc8e41a93536b7e87) [routetoroot](https://hashnode.com/@routetoroot) · [Sep 29](https://hashnode.com/posts/lab-24-the-attack-ran-the-alerts-fired/6abb2d3c98db7171e65a261a) ### [Lab 24: The Attack Ran. The Alerts Fired.](https://blog.routetoroot.io/lab-24-the-attack-ran-the-alerts-fired?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) I ran a live SSH brute force simulation against Kali Linux. Splunk fired 15 real-time alerts in under 2 seconds. Here's the full detection pipeline breakdown. 4 min read · [blog.routetoroot.io](https://blog.routetoroot.io/lab-24-the-attack-ran-the-alerts-fired?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [routetoroot](https://hashnode.com/@routetoroot) · [Sep 22](https://hashnode.com/posts/lab-23-writing-my-first-splunk-detection-rule/6ab1fff8beae88aed7ea27a3) ### [Lab 23: Writing My First Splunk Detection Rule](https://blog.routetoroot.io/lab-23-writing-my-first-splunk-detection-rule?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) How I wrote an SPL query to detect SSH brute force activity, configured a real-time Splunk alert, and validated it against 75 live events. 4 min read · [blog.routetoroot.io](https://blog.routetoroot.io/lab-23-writing-my-first-splunk-detection-rule?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [ThankGod Chibugwum Obobo](https://hashnode.com/@actocodes) · [Sep 20](https://hashnode.com/posts/why-i-switched-from-software-development-to-devops/6aafadc275696fa8866ccc56) ### [Why I Switched from Software Development to DevOps (and Why You Should Too)](https://actocodes.hashnode.dev/why-i-switched-from-software-development-to-devops?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) I spent five years writing application code, TypeScript backends, React frontends, the occasional GraphQL API. I was good at it. I understood the domain, I could ship features, and I had strong opinio 10 min read · [actocodes.hashnode.dev](https://actocodes.hashnode.dev/why-i-switched-from-software-development-to-devops?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [routetoroot](https://hashnode.com/@routetoroot) · [Sep 11](https://hashnode.com/posts/lab-22-same-logs-new-siem-setting-up-splunk-from-scratch/6aa34d8cd98c11b112aa136f) ### [Lab 22: Same Logs, New SIEM — Setting Up Splunk From Scratch](https://blog.routetoroot.io/lab-22-same-logs-new-siem-setting-up-splunk-from-scratch?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) How I installed Splunk Enterprise 10.2.2 on Kali Linux, configured auth.log ingestion, and confirmed 76 SSH brute force events indexed. 4 min read · [blog.routetoroot.io](https://blog.routetoroot.io/lab-22-same-logs-new-siem-setting-up-splunk-from-scratch?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [routetoroot](https://hashnode.com/@routetoroot) · [Sep 5](https://hashnode.com/posts/lab-21-i-finally-closed-the-detection-gap/6a9b8c9bca800392808dd9f4) ### [Lab 21: I Finally Closed the Detection Gap](https://blog.routetoroot.io/lab-21-i-finally-closed-the-detection-gap?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) Eight labs. One misconfiguration. Here's how I traced, remediated, and validated the SSH detection gap that had been open since Lab 13. 4 min read · [blog.routetoroot.io](https://blog.routetoroot.io/lab-21-i-finally-closed-the-detection-gap?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [routetoroot](https://hashnode.com/@routetoroot) · [Aug 31](https://hashnode.com/posts/lab-13-the-attack-ran-the-alerts-didn-t-fire/6a94daa4b50f84c69039b9b8) ### [Lab 13: The Attack Ran. The Alerts Didn't Fire.](https://blog.routetoroot.io/lab-13-the-attack-ran-the-alerts-didn-t-fire?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) I simulated an SSH brute force attack and confirmed 30 failed auth events in the logs. Zero alerts fired. Here's how I traced the detection gap. 5 min read · [blog.routetoroot.io](https://blog.routetoroot.io/lab-13-the-attack-ran-the-alerts-didn-t-fire?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [MK](https://hashnode.com/@dataanalystmk) · [Aug 31](https://hashnode.com/posts/what-it-actually-takes-to-break-into-data-analytics-in-australia/6a957fbd413f65c9b8cd8ec5) ### [What It Actually Takes to Break Into Data Analytics in Australia](https://thedataanalystpath.hashnode.dev/what-it-actually-takes-to-break-into-data-analytics-in-australia?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) Why certificates alone don't get you hired, and what separates the people who break in from the people who stall. 5 min read · [thedataanalystpath.hashnode.dev](https://thedataanalystpath.hashnode.dev/what-it-actually-takes-to-break-into-data-analytics-in-australia?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)