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> Never agree to be on call and if you do, make sure you are being paid double salary as a minimum Good luck with that.

• toomuchtodo 9y ago
  > Good luck with that. Agree entirely. The law hasn't caught up requiring compensation for on call/off hours work at the existing salary level (at least in the US). Moving from devops/infrastructure to security I doubled my total comp (salary + 401k + vacation + health insurance) while reducing the hours per week I work down to ~37 hours (I also get to work remote and never work nights or weekends). If you're in ops/devops/infrastructure, I highly recommend the transition to others, the current demand for competent security professionals is quite literally bananas. TL;DR If you're in ops, get out of ops (easy) or work someplace that will compensate you appropriately for on call/nights/weekends work (hard).
  • SirZimzim 9y ago
    Any suggestions for those of us trying to enter the security market from devops?
    • toomuchtodo 9y ago
      If you know how to securely design and build AWS environments, you qualify for “cloud security architect” positions based on my interviewing experience. Beyond that, interview for security positions and take note of your gaps to improve on.