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Re: career advice
From: "Dr. Lizzz" <dr.lizzz () gmail com>
Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2011 10:13:05 -0800
On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 6:17 AM, Enis Sahin <enis.c.sahin () gmail com> wrote:
There are great replies posted but I just wanted to share my thoughts about programming skills and hacking/pentesting in short. Being able to read code and understand it is essential just like everybody said. Being able to write code is a little different in my opinion. I was getting things done without writing my own code and tools/scripts developed by others was satisfying my needs for some time. It's only after I had some years of experience I had a better attacker mind set and wanted/needed to utilize more elaborate strategies, then the free tools started falling short of satisfying my needs. I find it analogous to playing a musical instrument. When your understanding and ideas of music exceeds a certain threshold you stop playing cover songs and start innovating :) Enis
People who can read code can write code. Maybe not fast, maybe not optimally, but reading and understanding code implies that you know all the syntax and semantics you will encounter. If you don't know what you don't know, you don't know what you do know. It strikes me that if people really understood what they were writing half the time, the net would be a much safer place. I'd suggest the original poster stick with network security, or see what interviewing turns up. No sense in learning something that you won't need unless you feel driven in that direction. lizzz ------------------------------------------------------------------------ This list is sponsored by: Information Assurance Certification Review Board Prove to peers and potential employers without a doubt that you can actually do a proper penetration test. IACRB CPT and CEPT certs require a full practical examination in order to become certified. http://www.iacertification.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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