Discipline Equals Freedom.
Guessing you're in CyberSec/InfoSec? Field is so broad and I am still trying to figure out which ball park I am trying to land in. But I am leaning towards CyberSec Analyst or Incident Response.
Did you skip out on the CySa+, any particular reason why? I am studying for the Sec+, that is in my sights right now and is my #1 priority and do not want to get ahead of myself. My vision however is to get into the security side of things eventually. As of now, I just snagged a Tech Support job at a call center brehs. It ain't much, but it is a start, and I will not be waiting long to start searching for better jobs/titles but will learn as much as I can along the way. Probably gonna try and land in the DMV area afterwards.
I want to learn some Python and Linux command line stuff, and build up some Powershell fundamentals. Just to get a general understanding of these concepts and the utilization of them in the field. Once I have a strong enough foundation, I want to learn automation on Puppet/Docker years down the line. Obviously things can change, and and things in this field are always changing and I may even choose something else after working some jobs. But is there anything here that I should remove or better focus on? Also which cert would you say is good to pursue after the Sec+?
Certs are great, but skills are more important. When I got this job, I only had Sec+, but I spent mad time learning as much as possible on my own (pentesting, application security, IPS, SIEM, networking, linux, windows server, C, etc).
I recommend that you learn Linux and Python. A good way to do it would be to install Openstack. That would give you a reason to learn linux and python together. If you really want to put in work. You can add docker, ansible, puppet, and jenkins to that. I prefer to learn multiple things at once opposed to one at a time. If that's too advanced. Just start with the RHCSA. I would do that before Sec+. It will teach you linux and networking at the same time. It will also have you ready for sysadmin or sec analyst positions.
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going to work on my health, and possibly look into a non CompTIA cert, maybe Cisco or something. Then, looking to upgrade jobs, and hopefully start making some decent bread. All I did was watch Professor Messer's YT training course. I have real world experience, so I was able to put 2 and 2 together on a lot of the questions. If you don't already do this stuff for a living, I would suggest getting a home lab you can practice all this stuff on. I know for a fact I don't dare do a Cisco cert without at least using an emulator to practice. Let's get it brehs
