Is Cyber security analyst job actually a boring job?

I’m a Security engineer for a year and I love doing my stuff, it’s about designing, architecting secure IT systems, managing policies and procedures, etc.

I have a friend and he’s a Cyber Security Analyst and sometimes he told me the job is quite boring. Day in day out is just about picking up tickets and solve them. Some other people told me the same thing.

So my question is: Is this really boring? Is this a long-term career? And …

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