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Comment by sputknick | Hacker News Reader

I've been looking for 4 months and only had one phone screen from HR. Cybersecurity in Raleigh, my last employer was MAG 7. My particular problem is I took off 6 years to be a stay-at-home parent.

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Email in my bio, I’m in the triangle and would love to connect. I know some cyber folks who I can link you up with.

People like you are wonderful!

:) just trying to share a little kindness!

Can't you simply fill that gap on your resume with something made up? "Self employed", "freelancer", "stealth startup", "confidential employer" etc.

How would the companies ever know?

They'd presumably ask for more details and/or references, at which point you would be hopelessly enmeshed in a web of lies of your own making.

They will run a background check listing all your past jobs, with the exact title you had, and start-end dates.

Hard to verify self-employment

Are you involved in DefCon? There's probably a local chapter that would help you get in touch with the right people.

Also, I totally wish I could afford to be a stay at home parent. I'm sure you made the right choice with those 6 years!

I was able to get 2 offers last year after a 4 year break (distributed systems), but it was difficult to get thru front doors, references make a bigger difference nowadays.

I took a position 1 level down from previous to pay the bills. Am now interviewing for positions 2 above since I’m already performing at that level and my current company is too bureaucratic to bump me quick enough.

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