$240K. No degree required. The SOC analyst is dead. Episode two of TechUpdates Special Series. The SOC industry quietly restructured itself in the last 18 months — tier-one analyst headcount shrinking, SIEM vendors pivoting their pitch — and one role pulled away with software-engineer-grade compensation. The Detection Engineer. What you'll hear: • What detection engineers actually do (write detections, tune false positives, hunt, partner with the red team) • The pay reality — tier-1 SOC $80K vs. principal detection engineer $350K+ at top tech • Detection-as-code: why "80 alert categories become 800 detections" with the same headcount • A real day — standup, tuning, hunt, purple team, coffee. No on-call rotation at well-run shops. • The 6-year path in (vs. the 15-year CISO ladder) — and why zero certifications matter for this role • LinkedIn's "cyb ...