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Re: Help with education
From: Troy <tcregger () kennedyinfo com>
Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 17:03:09 -0400
I just read this thread... there's certainly some good advice there... and the requisite goading by some of the more sardonic personalities on the list... always a pleasure. I'm no infosec guru by any means, but as a developer I have more than a passing interest in the field. Which unfortunately is the exception rather than the rule in this business. I read this list every day, and others as well and one thing I can say for sure is that you're aiming for a fast moving target... but not an impossible one to hit. Dude said:
If you want to be a good Security Consultant at the Technical level it is important that you have a smattering of everything: programming networking, administration, etc.. If you walk into a place and expect to start telling people what to do, you should at least have walked a mile in their shoes before doing so. This means learning Lotus, Exchange, Sendmail, Oracle, MySQL and MSSQL, Linux, BSD, Solaris, Windows, etc, ad infinitum.
That's probably the best advice I've seen in this thread. I've been a developer/programmer for almost seven years now and have walked in most, but _not all_ of those shoes, and it really doesn't ever end. My one grain of advice... make sure you LOVE this work, and love it for it's own sake, or because (like me) you find some intangible reward in it that you can't really explain. Do not get into this business simply for money, fame, or anything like that. Infosec, development, networking, and their various levels of related engineering are the type of jobs that follow you home at night. If you sleep, this shit will follow you into your dreams. You are not choosing a 9-5 leave it at the office when you go home career. Love it or leave it else it will destroy you. Choose wisely, and good luck! Peace. Evan Pitstick wrote:
I did not intend to start some kind of flame war on the mailing list, and I certainly don't intend to perpetuate it. However, I do want to make it clear that I was looking for advice from professionals in the field. I find questions like "the best of" something often is misleading in simple google searches. Things like advertising and special interest usually cloud the answers. Thanks to everyone who has sent me helpful replies. _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
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- Re: Help with education Dude VanWinkle (Jul 17)
- Re: Help with education Михал Потапыч (Jul 17)
- Re: Help with education Stack Smasher (Jul 17)
- Re: Help with education Jared DeMott (Jul 17)
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- Re: Help with education Stack Smasher (Jul 17)
- Re: Help with education Elad Shapira (Jul 18)
- Re: Help with education Carlos Carvalho (Jul 18)
- Re: Help with education James Matthews (Jul 17)
- Re: Help with education Troy (Jul 18)
- Re: Help with education Timo Schoeler (Jul 18)