MatPat

Hmm, never watched him. Looks like he has tens of millions of subs, which is probably why I've avoided him (I generally like smaller channels).

When he did security, he did social engineering.

Maybe I just have more industry insight, because when I think of cyber security, I think of people auditing computers (do you have the corporate spyware installed?), running automated pen test suites, etc. Most of it isn't particularly technical, and most security audits I've been a part of (and we do them every year) are black box testing, meaning they don't have the code. Even in the one or two audits we did that involved the code (needed a higher tier audit for government contracts), most of what they checked was just dependency versions, they didn't look too closely at the actual code.

Outside of high profile security researchers, I see most cyber security jobs as the security guards of software dev, they make sure you keep the doors locked, but they don't force you to use reinforced doors or whatever, they're just there to tell you what the obvious weak points are.

then I’m lying by omission

Which pretty much everyone does. If someone doesn't go into detail, it's pretty safe to assume there's nothing to brag about.

That said, even if you only mowed the grass at the White House, you'd pick up on a lot of stuff about politics. You'd notice who the regulars are, important peoples' routines, etc, not to mention what you pick up on through random small talk with people there. There's a reason spys target people like janitors and landscapers, they don't realize how much they know so their guard is down. That's social engineering 101.

The janitors at Blizzard know more about AAA software development than the average gamer. A QA would know even more since they have more direct access to the devs and designers.

Whether you're telling the whole truth or not about your credentials is irrelevant if you can prove what you claim. That's why I'd like to see PS and Ross talk, so it would be easier to tell what's accurate from what's BS.

C++ developer

Ah, ok. I assumed the other guy because was pretty public with his criticism of PS and has long hair.

I haven't heard of that guy either, probably because I'm more into Rust than C++, and actually avoid C++ like the plague (I much prefer C).