Ha, I guess a management role is the natural progression from technical consulting. I love the idea of a middle ground between "we have things people would want

Ha, I guess a management role is the natural progression from technical consulting. I love the idea of a middle ground between "we have things people would want to hack" and "we have a dedicated security team." It's great when you can hire security conscious developers, but startups generally aren't know for seeking out nor emphasizing those skills. AFAIK nobody has adopted "Move carefully and write secure code with minimal technical debt." A seasoned security team would also be able to effectively avoid snake oil security consultants (no, you really don't need to encrypt the user's password with JavaScript before transmitting it to the server), which are all the more tempting to hire as they're generally cheap (run Nessus, print and deliver report...).