“This is a post I was supposed to write two years ago. Back when I actually switched jobs. But in the spirit of “better late than never” here’s the intro to the next chapter of my career I forgot to write.
It wasn’t until earlier this week that I noticed. I was reviewing what was left of this blog after The Purge when I realized two sections were outdated. Changing the About page was a quick fix. Just rename Joomla & More to PowerUserGuide and reword the paragraphs a little and we’re done.
But my resumé page required more work. I noticed that although I decided that this blog is my “professional” blog of sorts, I completely forgot to post about my job change over two years ago. LinkedIn influencers would be furious if they found out.
Back to 2023
You see, back in 2023 I was let go by my employer, an MSP with enthusiastic plans to some day become an MSSP. I was let go because of a reorganisation where there was no room left for certain profiles in the company. Mine was one of them. They wanted ticket closers, not a sole developer with a minor in Pentesting and Cybersecurity which I’d been trained for on the job with a major of Autism. There’s no point in reflecting more on that two years later, so let’s push the button on the time machine and travel back to the year 2025.
Fast forward to 2025
After being unemployed for a while, as someone with autism does, I joined Qfirst in February 2025. Qfirst is the company that I originally co-founded many years ago with the goal of offering consulting services on Cyber Security. Qfirst was doing exactly that in 2025, but they recruited me to become the lead developer of CATS, an ISMS platform that we’ve built to serve SMB’s and large companies alike.
Ever since I’ve spent most of my time working on CATS, which requires a mix of developing and understanding security concepts and procedures. You can’t really create an ISMS if you don’t know what it’s supposed to do, after all. About 30 releases later, CATS has already served big and small technology companies in achieving compliance with ISO 27001 and other security frameworks such as NIS2, and it’s now being used by companies to audit their suppliers as well.
Although I play only a small part in auditing companies I like to think creating the platform that helps people to perform those audits has its value too. It’s either that or I’m being paid for my dazzling personality and even I know that I lack the personality qualities to be a personality hire. Something about knowing your weaknesses.
So there it is: the chapter I skipped over. Two years late, but written all the same. If nothing else, it proves thateven if it takes some time I release the things I’m supposed to eventually — even if my timing is questionable. The work at Qfirst keeps me busy enough that I might forget to write the next chapter on time too, but at least now I know the blog won’t explode if it arrives fashionably late.