Comment Assess, communicate, learn, then move on (Score 2, Insightful) 1166
First off, sorry to hear you lost your job. The economy is biting a lot of folks in the ass.
Second, see if you can get an assessment of the nature of the security risk. They are probably show you as a "single point of failure" (ie. exploitable either financially or otherwise).
Third, write a counter proposal to the security consultant's assessment. Be sure to include any achievements, successes, etc. that your time there. It may be too late for this one.
I think that being a "security risk" is only part of the reason you got. Office politics and the economy being what they are, you need to constantly sell yourself to your manager and show the benefits of having someone like you around. Lots of geeks are really terrible about the interpersonal skills and with a title of "Network Security Analyst," you're ripe for being downsized. You're only visable and important to them when they get attacked. They don't alwasys know or understand what you're doing in the background. It's up to you to sell yourself and keep your supervisors and managers up to date on what tasks you are performing and how that benefits the company. Without it, you're just a guy taking up a high salary for doing nothing.
Forget revenge. Forget the other company. Leave your number with your manager and ask if you can use him as a reference. See if you can improve your skills between jobs.
Remember this experience and build on it.
Best of luck.
Second, see if you can get an assessment of the nature of the security risk. They are probably show you as a "single point of failure" (ie. exploitable either financially or otherwise).
Third, write a counter proposal to the security consultant's assessment. Be sure to include any achievements, successes, etc. that your time there. It may be too late for this one.
I think that being a "security risk" is only part of the reason you got. Office politics and the economy being what they are, you need to constantly sell yourself to your manager and show the benefits of having someone like you around. Lots of geeks are really terrible about the interpersonal skills and with a title of "Network Security Analyst," you're ripe for being downsized. You're only visable and important to them when they get attacked. They don't alwasys know or understand what you're doing in the background. It's up to you to sell yourself and keep your supervisors and managers up to date on what tasks you are performing and how that benefits the company. Without it, you're just a guy taking up a high salary for doing nothing.
Forget revenge. Forget the other company. Leave your number with your manager and ask if you can use him as a reference. See if you can improve your skills between jobs.
Remember this experience and build on it.
Best of luck.
