The "which role should I pick" advice on this sub keeps bugging me. So I tried to map how the work actually connects.

Every "how do I break into X" thread here turns into a vote for a single specialization - SOC, pentest, GRC, cloud, whatever. Which I get. But none of the real incidents I've watched actually stay inside one lane. MGM 2023 wasn't an IR problem. It started at the help desk, ran through IAM, hit the