That degrees do you have?

[gbugbear at gmail.com (Tim Mugherini)]

Generally I agree with Vincent. Most companies are just looking for the BS
or MS. If you want to teach I suggest following advice of others here who
are teaching. Also try pinging strandjs as I know he also teaches.

Me personally I have a BS in Exercise Physiology. I loved working out and
wanted to learn more about the science of it so I chose a school with a good
curriculum in that subject and worked in research post. All the time staying
up to the early morning hours using the office computers to hack around
with. That degree and research work got me my start in Biotechs which is
where I do IT Security now.

Some say MBA is worth while but I would think thats only if you want to go
to the business side. Im perfectlly fine hanging out in the dark corner of
the server room personally.

Point being - follow your heart and listen to the advice of other doing what
you want to do.



On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 6:43 AM, Vincent Lape <vlape at me.com> wrote:

> ok so here a bit of a strange one. I hold a B.S in Biology and
> Epidemiology however work in infosec. My resume shows School X BS year-
> year and School Y BS year-year. in my 12 years working in the field i
> have yet to have anyone ask me what my degrees were during an
> interview. It is pretty funny to see peoples faces when they ask after
> i've been hired. in my opinion degrees really don't matter, you can
> pretty much buy them now days. Unless you're going to a place such as
> MIT, CMU or something of that stature all you're learning is theory
> anyhow does not really help when you get out there in the real world.
> Most employers just want to see that you have taken the time and made
> the commitment to get some sort of education.
>
> Vinny
>
>
> On Oct 1, 2009, at 4:53 PM, Adrian Crenshaw wrote:
>
> > I find myself very disappointed with higher education, price for
> > performance, ethics, etc. I have a BS in CS (I like saying it that
> > way) and am working on an MBA, but their idea of ethics is not my
> > idea of ethics.
> >
> > I'm curious, what degrees do some of you have? I'm interested in
> > finding a job teaching infosec, so if you teach I'd really like to
> > hear what credentials you have.
> >
> > Adrian
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