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Did you have a background in cybersec beforehand, or just as a software engineer? Cybersecurity interests me, but no background in it (beyond being a senior eng
by Sheeny96 3y ago
Did you have a background in cybersec beforehand, or just as a software engineer? Cybersecurity interests me, but no background in it (beyond being a senior engineer with a fair amount of cloud experience, and the security stuff you'd be expected to know as one)
- zingababba 3y agoI also work in security (appsec) and most of my day is spent programming. In my experience in the security space (10 years at the moment) the qualifications are absurdly disconnected from actual job requirements. At my last place when I was involved in hiring decisions we selected mainly on attitude and coding ability. At my currently location this does not seem to have been the case as most on my team literally can't code. I'd take someone who can code over someone who knows tons of security theory any day.
- mydriasis 3y agoI didn't -- I actually hit my first cybersecurity company straight out of a math degree. It was a firmware security thing, so I spent a lot of time outside of work learning about linux, device drivers, etc. and programming. That's to say -- diving in is surely possible. I'm now at my second cybersec company in a totally different part of the field.