Re: Hacker Stories, Certs, vs Projects - Was Re: Technitium MAC Address Changer

["ankur jindal" <ankurjn113 () hotmail com>]

Hey everyone
I am a fresh graduate just out of school with no industry experience of 
security, just academic work. I am looking for security work but almost all 
the positions in the pen-test area require n years of experience or a 
certification. Unless I start work in the security field and actually 
experience how things work I do not get the prereq experience to deserve the 
certification as per most. But again if I get a certification without any 
experience then that doesn't help either for others.

What should I gather from this discussion then?

Ankur
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> Not true. Certification can provide those lacking experience to show 
> ability and be an asset to an >organization in that particular field. So it 
> can show credibility where no experience exists. People >already do this 
> now looking to switch job descriptions, need to learn a specific aspect of 
> a job, seek to >enhance current ability, or to improve their marketability 
> for new jobs.



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