Andy Ellis

We always talked about home security labs as being a thing, but those are becoming cheaper now.

with all of the AWS and Azure free instances you can do.

We mentioned AI.

You can start open web UI instances at home for fun to play around with.

Contribute to open source projects.

Hack the box.

I mean, overall, if you show initiative and you're willing to tinker, play, try, and you can articulate that, like I want that person in my camp and they're going to be ready for SOC activity.

Good advice.

So true.

I think it's so easy to find a nonprofit that wants help.

You just got to find something you're passionate about.

And generally, they don't have the money to do it.

I mean, we all say we want a job we could be passionate about.

I started internships in high school working out, and it was all about like passion and finding that right thing.

And so, again, it goes back to initiative, though.

Like if you're just waiting for that job to fall in your lap, you're never going to get it.

So Andy, in conclusion, support your mother's Azure instance.

Good.

Yeah.

A thousand stale.