Yeah the tweets are kinda vague... There's plenty different certificates to go for too... Security+ , CISSP, CSA, CASP, etc.... Plus you still gotta know the basic Comptia A+ stuff
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Yeah the tweets are kinda vague... There's plenty different certificates to go for too... Security+ , CISSP, CSA, CASP, etc.... Plus you still gotta know the basic Comptia A+ stuff
Congratulations to the brother.
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Pull up your bootstraps.
Just do the best you can and try to find loopholes. It's your life. Don't waste it
I'm gonna do the same
Also you gotta lot of folks who claim cybersecurity but all they do is make sure application teams follow policy vs investigating cybersecurity incidences
This too. And overall the work to get to a cybersecurity job isn't just "learn cybersecurity." You still gotta know the basics of computers, networking and infrastructure.
The CompTIA website tells you this is the correct pathway (which is a lot more work then people who just say "learn cybersecurity" make it out to be)
Any profession in tech is gonna take hard work, but when people say "just learn to code" or "just learn cybersecurity" they make it seem so simple when really it's a marathon.
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I'm kinda jealous of Cert Gang. All that money and cheap school, and I bet work be cruise control. I have no interest in sitting behind a computer screen, I'm going back to school for Construction Management and thinking about a minors in Business
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an old coli poster BD was an IT guy helped put on a lot of brehs on this site or help them in the right direction and BD was making 200k himself
This too. And overall the work to get to a cybersecurity job isn't just "learn cybersecurity." You still gotta know the basics of computers, networking and infrastructure.
The CompTIA website tells you this is the correct pathway (which is a lot more work then people who just say "learn cybersecurity" make it out to be)
Any profession in tech is gonna take hard work, but when people say "just learn to code" or "just learn cybersecurity" they make it seem so simple when really it's a marathon.
it is simple. Get the sec+ and prosper like me
Facts BUT ...
sometimes it just takes that spark and knowing how to get started, what to do. This is where helping each other comes in hand. Now after that if the motivation and drive isn't there
Construction management or construction engineering is a good field as well. Lot of project management gigs out there.
Yeah I understand the whole sitting behind the computer stuff. I sit behind a computer for hours and hours for my job. It gets old but it pays the bills.
it is simple. Get the sec+ and prosper like me
So you just got the security+ cert and that's it? No prior pro computer skills or experience, A+ , etc ?
This too. And overall the work to get to a cybersecurity job isn't just "learn cybersecurity." You still gotta know the basics of computers, networking and infrastructure.
The CompTIA website tells you this is the correct pathway (which is a lot more work then people who just say "learn cybersecurity" make it out to be)
Any profession in tech is gonna take hard work, but when people say "just learn to code" or "just learn cybersecurity" they make it seem so simple when really it's a marathon.
nobody said it was easy though just that it is worth it
it depends on who you are and how you learn. you can learn everything on your own, there are people working in IT/cybersecurity that learned straight on their own, out of the 3 beginner certificates the Sec+ is the most "useful" because it gives you security clearance for government positions, if you have the Sec+ you can build on experience, whatever experience you have, into more valuable Cybersecurity certs namely the CISSP which more or less brings you at guaranteed 6 figure opportunities
You better hurry up. Because lots of companies are hiring foreigners for these roles. On my team you got two American cybersecurity professionals. While everyone else is from Poland, India, Romania or somewhere else in Asia. These foreign born professionals are starting to call all the shots. I can tell they don't like the salaries we command in the states as it is.Long ass thread but fukk it I’m a read it
But nobody questions their country men being behind the majority of these cyber hacks in the first place.
While Trump just cancelled H1b visas for the rest of the year you might see an uptick in open tech jobs. But companies will soon adapt to hiring less Americans again. That's why I'm trying to make as much money as possible before it all ends. What increases salaries for Cybersecurity professionals is the constant job hopping. Other tech disciplines don't tend to have a ton of churn so salaries can get stagnant.
H1B visa suspension to pressure pay at Goldman Sachs, Google