The most successful threat hunters, incident responders, and threat researchers are far more artist than scientist. If you want to land a job and have a successful career as a researcher, threat hunter or investigator, approach the work creatively, as play, and with a beginner’s mind. Being a defender means keeping up with an impossible firehose of changing technologies, controls, and attacks. The best hunters approach the forensic console as a truly blank canvas, and more importantly ‘ they try not to paint the same days in a row of hunting.
Source: https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2021/05/17/cyber-investigations-threat-hunting-research/