Specialise to survive?

[kleanchap at tanucoo.com (Subba Rao)]

I am just catching up with my PDC email.  In our profession, once you
are called in for your "expert" opinion it does usually touch other
domains.  Most of the companies these days pretty much hire you for some
specific skill you have or interested in.  The rest of it is on the job
training.  You may be a great programmer in xyz language, but then you
have to learn about databases, network related issues with your
programming, security issues....and on.  These are all on the job
training.  You should be flexible enough to learn these new technologies.

That's my .02 cents/euros or whatever.

Regards,

Subba Rao

Robert Portvliet wrote:
> Thanks Mick, I've spent over 7 years working in a niche market
> (OpenView CM engineering & administration), I sort of fell into it &
> although it has always paid the bills I'm more than ready for a new
> challenge & really fascinated by all things infosec.
>
> <SNIP>