"He'll get no satisfaction out of me. He isn't going to see me beg."
"Ah, you chivalric fool, as if the way one fell down mattered."
"When the fall is all there is, it matters."
— The Lion in Winter (1968), James Goldman

Volumes have been written about how to break into the cybersecurity industry—landing your first job, climbing the ranks, pivoting to your next opportunity. You can’t throw a pink slip without hitting a thought leader piece on the art and strategy of career progression. But far fewer words have been devoted to the other side of the equation: losing a job, especially one you wanted to keep. And that’s no accident. Job loss is wrapped in stigma, tangled in shame, and rarely discussed openly. But it should be.

Whether through layoffs, AI-driven displacement, or outright firing, departures happen for countless reasons and in countless ways. It’s time to strip away the silence and speak candidly about what comes next. Jeff Man and Danny Akacki bring decades of experience—and their own battle scars—to explore not just the why behind job loss, but how to navigate its emotional and practical fallout. From the shock of that final paycheck to the long weeks and months that follow, this session will offer real talk, resilience strategies, and a much-needed reminder: when the fall is all there is, how you land matters.