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Mentorship Monday - Discussions for career and learning! (self.cybersecurity)

submitted 2 years ago by shellsharks to c/cybersecurity

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Weekly thread for any and all career, learning and general guidance questions. Thinking of taking a training or going for a cert? Wondering how to level up your career? Wondering what NOT to do? Got other questions? This is the time and place to ask!

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[–] angrynomad 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Having minimal professional IT experience, yet an IT degree, what should I focus on to get into the cybersecurity field?

[–] rayaar 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Which part of it-security do you want to become a part of? It's a huge field with loads of roles and specialities. For entry level, a soc is probably the easiest. Pentesting is the most popular, but also not a jr. Role in my eyes.

[–] angrynomad 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Definitely pentesting, but looking at this job market, I can't even land a helpdesk role. At this point anything..but I'd prefer remote, as there's nothing near me.

[–] shellsharks 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Got your 3 C's right here --> Code, Cloud, Collection (and by collection I mean document what you learn in a blog or GitHub or something). For coding, I'd say go with Python and for cloud, get a free AWS account and learn the basics.

[–] angrynomad 2 points 2 years ago

Familiar with the 2, just need to create now I guess