A lot of security pros I meet are not in a good place emotionally because it seems hopeless. However, some are just fine.

What are the coping strategies that work?

I will start - mine is to find the funny in everything from lack of patching to supply chain hacks.

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Manage your time well. work smart, not hard. Leave work at work. 🙃

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Work at a vendor. heh. Life is um....much more interesting but not really depressing.

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