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r/securitycareers
Can you promote here?
The written rules take no clear position, which is NOT permission: unclear communities enforce norms through removals instead of rulebooks. Sort by top, study which builder posts survived and how they were framed, and when in doubt ask the mods.
From the rules · No subreddit rules or recent top-post samples were provided here — check the community sidebar/flair rules and ask mods before posting promotions or surveys.
Links
No explicit link policy. Default to no URL: link-plus-young-account is one of the most common automated removal patterns on Reddit.
What this community rewards
Dominant post formats: question, discussion, guide
Headline: concise career question or offer of practical advice (e.g., “How do I break into security from SRE?”). Write in first person, 1–3 short paragraphs (≈150–300 words). Tone: professional, specific, and actionable. Posts that get upvoted provide clear context (role/experience/location), concrete next steps, or experience-based guides; avoid obvious recruiting/sales language.
Arriving in the local format matters: cross-posting the same text everywhere reads as tourist instantly. The wider method is in the Reddit playbook.
Classified mechanically from the community's published rules and recent top posts, last checked July 2026. Rules change and moderators have the final say: verify at r/securitycareers's rules page before posting anything that matters.
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These profiles power the product: promo-banned communities never receive a promotional draft, drafts arrive in the local format, and a fact-check gate plus human pacing protect the account doing the talking.