This is the most important video I've seen in years honestly. Straight forward opinions on the subject from a professional, exactly what I was looking for. I was forcing myself to do development, and I hated it honestly, I'm sitting in a T2 position at the moment, in the running for a sysadmin position. However, 3 days ago, I got hit with a skimmer. My bank account got completely wiped out. First time something like this has ever happened. Now I'm eyeing certs and security positions out of pure rage.
Your first IT job was already in pentesting while you were in college? Was it an internship? I assumed you finished your degree? I am trying to get into IT and currently studying A+ in hopes of getting into cybersecurity in the future. But I never finished college and the plan is currently: help desk, network engineer, pentesting like you said. Do you think I would be better off going back to college? Do you think it would open doors for me to get into pentesting faster/easier?
It wasn't an internship but I also don't think that having a degree was what helped the most. I think just having projects/writeups/certs is good enough to get a job
I just got let go of my job and am currently trying to work my way into tech, I have knowledge of Java where I can get by because of classes I took in high school. Is there anything you recommend for someone who has practically no experience in the tech field but has around 10 years of customer service experience? And is there any job you recommend? I was thinking help desk but I’m also not sure of what information I should know to get me by and I feel like because I know almost nothing I won’t last at the job.
