I've reached my last straw. First line Information Security management is a joke. Many second line "leaders" are equally bad. The majority of these so called "leaders" are not technical, do NOT understand their product team, nor have real Information Security experience. Almost none have their CISSP. Most of these phony leaders provide reasons to avoid work rather than finding ways to accomplish work. Some are working on their AWS CP in 2021 and many have failed multiple certifications. What a joke. A basic AWS cloud certification in 2021?!
I can no longer take first line management coasting when there are more qualified, educated, technical, and competent analysts on the sideline. Not to mention the many lies.
With the help of my experience, and the tens of thousands of dollars in certifications I earned on the companies dime, I'm constantly contacted for full remote jobs. I'm going through the interview process with a major Cloud Service Provider for a Senior Information Security position with compensation negotiable between 200-300k. I plan to stick around long enough to get my bonus then I'll take a better opportunity.
The grass is greener for talented Information Security professionals.