I did the OSCP, a 3-month course + exam that teaches an overview/the basics of infosec and more specifically pentesting It’s a fairly well-regarded certificati

I did the OSCP, a 3-month course + exam that teaches an overview/the basics of infosec and more specifically pentesting It’s a fairly well-regarded certification (and a tough 24-hr exam), and got me interviews for Senior Security Consultant roles at firms like NCC Group with no prior security background I think a typical progression is something like Security Consultant/Pentesting at a consultancy and then transitioning to Security Engineer/Security Researcher at a more specialized firm I was actually able to bypass this and somehow land my dream job (binary/IoT reverse engineer) immediately after seeing them post on the r/reverseengineering subreddit and just going for it Besides the OSCP, what helped me land the role was playing microcorruption CTF Happy to help if you have more Qs: ashwin@dopplio.com