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Topic	Obtainable Careers [with high pay]
BlazinBlue88 09/08/17 2:56:12 PM #35:	DarkDragon400 posted... Sativa_Rose posted... BlazinBlue88 posted... 3khc posted... And what's infosec. Infosec is Information Security like I mentioned in my earlier post. They're the guys that keep us from doing anything fun. lol How are they keeping you from doing anything fun? Ain't they trying to hack you so they can find the vulnerabilities and fix them? That's one side of infosec, but there's also the defensive side of infosec that tries to keep things from being hackable in the first place, which results in things being less fun. This. They create the policies for the business that tell you how open you're allowed to make your systems. Me: "I need SSH enabled for this server." InfoSec: "By policy, SSH is disabled for all servers in the company." Me: "But I need it for insert great business justification." InfoSec: "Hmm...we'll review your request at our next meeting." Me: "When is that? This project needs to be done by the end of the week." InfoSec: "We meet at the end of each month." Me: "That's 3 weeks from now!" InfoSec: "lol" 3khc posted... Thanks, this is really informative. I'm interested in security because that sounds the coolest. Like hacking or at least defense against it. Maybe programming, but that one seems the most difficult. Can you tell me how much time it would take to get a job in these fields assuming I go to school for them? InfoSec is half creating policies and procedures that the company has to follow and half running pen tests to ensure there aren't any vulnerabilities in the systems. If you like working with IT people to balance security with useability then that's the career path for you. Side note: I do love creating policies and having people follow them so I'm no better. College degree is good for getting your foot into the door but you don't necessarily need it. It's more about certs and work experience than anything. Just google any IT field name and the word cert with it like "networking cert" and go from there. You'll need to shell out the cash for your first cert or two but then your employer will probably start paying for all your training. After you get a cert, create accounts on LinkedIn, Dice, and Indeed. IT recruiters search those sites and will contact you with job opportunities fairly quickly. Within 1-2 months. 3khc posted... Higher than minimum average lol. Even 40k would be nice, but I want to end up in the 80k-100k. Unsure how realistic that is. I mean if you go into IT then $50k is easily achievable. I'm only 8 years into my career and I'm near the six figure mark. My networking friend I mentioned earlier is it $115k with only 5 years experience. --- http://i.imgur.com/R15aJJ3.png http://i.imgur.com/NJqp6LS.png PSN/XBL: BlazinBlue88* <cite>BlazinBlue88 posted [p:886254759] in Obtainable... [t:75753931]...</cite> <quote><cite>DarkDragon400 posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Sativa_Rose posted...</cite> <quote><cite>BlazinBlue88 posted...</cite> <quote><cite>3khc posted...</cite> <quote>And what's infosec.</quote> Infosec is Information Security like I mentioned in my earlier post. They're the guys that keep us from doing anything fun. lol</quote> How are they keeping you from doing anything fun? Ain't they trying to hack you so they can find the vulnerabilities and fix them?</quote> That's one side of infosec, but there's also the defensive side of infosec that tries to keep things from being hackable in the first place, which results in things being less fun.</quote> This. They create the policies for the business that tell you how open you're allowed to make your systems. Me: "I need SSH enabled for this server." InfoSec: "By policy, SSH is disabled for all servers in the company." Me: "But I need it for *insert great business justification." InfoSec: "Hmm...we'll review your request at our next meeting." Me: "When is that? This project needs to be done by the end of the week." InfoSec: "We meet at the end of each month." Me: "That's 3 weeks from now!" InfoSec: "lol" <cite>3khc posted...</cite> <quote>Thanks, this is really informative. I'm interested in security because that sounds the coolest. Like hacking or at least defense against it. Maybe programming, but that one seems the most difficult. Can you tell me how much time it would take to get a job in these fields assuming I go to school for them?</quote> InfoSec is half creating policies and procedures that the company has to follow and half running pen tests to ensure there aren't any vulnerabilities in the systems. If you like working with IT people to balance security with useability then that's the career path for you. Side note: I do love creating policies and having people follow them so I'm no better. College degree is good for getting your foot into the door but you don't necessarily need it. It's more about certs and work experience than anything. Just google any IT field name and the word cert with it like "networking cert" and go from there. You'll need to shell out the cash for your first cert or two but then your employer will probably start paying for all your training. After you get a cert, create accounts on LinkedIn, Dice, and Indeed. IT recruiters search those sites and will contact you with job opportunities fairly quickly. Within 1-2 months. <cite>3khc posted...</cite> <quote>Higher than minimum average lol. Even 40k would be nice, but I want to end up in the 80k-100k. Unsure how realistic that is.</quote> I mean if you go into IT then $50k is easily achievable. I'm only 8 years into my career and I'm near the six figure mark. My networking friend I mentioned earlier is it $115k with only 5 years experience. --- http://i.imgur.com/R15aJJ3.png http://i.imgur.com/NJqp6LS.png PSN/XBL: BlazinBlue88</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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