Re: [GPWN-list] breaking in to security, trying to get answers

[John Hoyt <john.h.hoyt () gmail com>]

I heartily agree that a big key is someone giving you a chance.

As the saying goes, "It's not what you know, but who you know."

It could be appended with, "but who you know *that likes you*".

One thing that I believe never hurts is giving back.  It can open up doors
that you might not have thought possible.

John

On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 10:27 AM, Robin Wood <robin () digininja org> wrote:

> On 20 February 2012 15:05, JR Aquino <JR.Aquino () citrix com> wrote:
> > For the longest time this is how I felt about getting into the security
> field proper:
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Af1OxkFOK18&feature=youtube_gdata_player
> >
> > Ultimately, I found the answer to be, "someone giving you a chance" all
> the other background and experience didn't matter if you didn't already
> come from an infosec position.
>
> That video is going in the talk, thank you for the link.
>
> I agree that getting someone to give you a chance is important and
> hopefully these questions will help people see what they need to do to
> get that chance. I tend to recommend people take part in the community
> and build their names and reputations up as a first step, if you have
> been actively releasing tools or writing blogs or even just asking and
> answering questions for a while then when you come to ask for work
> then people will know you and hopefully you'll have a much higher
> chance of getting somewhere.
>
> That is two of us who believe that, lets see what other people feel.
>
> Robin
>
> > On Feb 20, 2012, at 6:42 AM, "xgermx" <xgermx () gmail com> wrote:
> >
> > > As a young whippersnapper trying to get into the field myself, thank
> you.
> > > On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 8:12 AM, Robin Wood <robin () digininja org>
> wrote:
> > > > I've just started a new project which is trying to get answers to the
> > > > eternal question 'How do I get into information security?'. To do this
> > > > I've put together a questionnaire and a brief outline of what I'm
> > > > trying to achieve.
> > > >
> > > > I'm trying to solicit information from people at every level of the
> > > > industry so please, have your say and help us create a resource that
> > > > we can give to people who will continue to start emails with 'I'm
> > > > interested in security, how do I get started?'
> > > >
> > > > The project is here, please spread the word as widely as possible:
> > > >
> > > > http://www.digininja.org/projects/breaking_in_1.php
> > > >
> > > > Robin
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