Daniel Thiele IT - daniel@dproject.de

You’ve seen AI image generators. You’ve seen AI videos with sound. You’ve heard that AI can even create games. The moment old clients and long-time friends started saying they don't need a concept artist anymore, I knew it was over. Not just slow—over.  The only reason why you did not hear about it is because while in the automotive industry they loose 50k jobs, there are not even 50k jobs in the entire German games industry to begin with. Last time I checked the games industry in Germany consists of about 11k jobs. That's also why I worked most of my life for companies outside of Germany. However in the games job market it feels like there are maybe five open roles worldwide. In Germany: basically none. The market was always tough. “Starving artist” isn’t a joke; it’s a business model. I still made it work for a long time and achieved some good things, that are now helping me to readjust. I got into it because colleagues and teachers pushed me, and I saw that it was possible...

 Here is my badge.    No time to breathe. I will eventually make another post about how I achieved it, but there is no time as I am diving into Linux now and am looking forward to LPIC 1. 

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In the beginning of this year I was having a job interview at a company here in Gütersloh. I will not provide any names and such, but the IT Manager said natural desasters are not a topic of cyber security, when I mentioned it. I was shocked and did not say anything but now with Ciscos Network Essentials and while Preparing for Network+ I can verify that both are seing this as a cybersecurity topic. Earthquakes, floods, and other natural disasters are a concern for cybersecurity—specifically in the context of protecting the availability of systems and data. In cybersecurity, this is called a “physical threat” or “environmental threat.” While these events aren’t “hackers,” they can disrupt IT services, destroy hardware, or make data unavailable, which impacts the CIA triad (especially availability ). Network+ exam key point: Natural disasters are classified as non-malicious threats (not intentional attacks) that can still exploit vulnerabilities—such as unprotected server rooms ...

 I passed the first exam of my official learning path at Indisoft. The course is "Networking Essentials" at Ciscos Netacad.   This is just the first step in the Networking Department. Next Exam will be in a month.