Tradecraft for Security Contractors
The Lifestyle In the initial chapters of my career saga, I was a bit of a digital nomad, hopping from one client to the next, crafting, securing, and sprucing up a diverse array of systems and workflows. Trust me when I say, the thrill of the variety ensured that boredom was a concept as foreign to me as a glitch-free software release. As time marched on, though, life’s other scripts—family, obligations, and a dwindling patience for certain legislative quirks in the UK—prompted a pivot from the freewheeling contractor lifestyle to a more anchored existence in a permanent position. Yet, the nomadic phase left its fingerprints all over my professional DNA—the way I think, interact, and present myself in the security sphere. These imprints, or let’s call them the “Tradecraft of a Contractor,” are the pearls of wisdom I’m eager to pass along to you today. ...