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Security Job Tracks?
From: Ben Stewart <stewarbd () gmail com>
Date: Thu, 8 Jul 2004 20:14:41 -0400
While hoping that this message is appropriate, and that others like me are reading this, I am asking a small favor of all of the "experts" and 'professionals" here. As of late, with my graduation just a few months away, I am experiencing a bit of anxiety. I have been reading books, writing code, etc...for a number of years, not really thinking about what I am going to do with all of this information. Alas, I have reached a point where I must look for that first real job. To all of you looking back at this experience and the path to your present job, where dud you start out and what kind of jobs and opportunities did you look for? It seems like a majority of the security jobs are left to people with several years of experience, and rightly so, but where does one begin to obtain this experience in order to move up the ladder? Also, there are so many topics in the security arena. All of them seem to be interrelated in one way or another, but there is so much information. I am quite interested in the majority of them, but obviously cannot be an expert on them all. How does one narrow down the topics and focus on the few that will either carry the most weight while looking for employment or provide the most benefit to a young security amateur like myself? Thank you for any assistance -BEN --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ethical Hacking at the InfoSec Institute. Mention this ad and get $545 off any course! All of our class sizes are guaranteed to be 10 students or less to facilitate one-on-one interaction with one of our expert instructors. Attend a course taught by an expert instructor with years of in-the-field pen testing experience in our state of the art hacking lab. Master the skills of an Ethical Hacker to better assess the security of your organization. Visit us at: http://www.infosecinstitute.com/courses/ethical_hacking_training.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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