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Looking for a Mentor

12 points by dsbrandao 3y ago

Aye All, My name is Daniel, I study cybersecurity heading towards digital forensics. I am creating this post in the hope to find a mentor in the field that could help me steer my ideas into a practical direction and perhaps help me recognize the impracticality of them. Let me know if you know someone. Thanks.

cpach 3y ago
There was a similar question a few months ago, here’s what I answered back then: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38702378 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38702378 Best of luck!
markus_zhang 3y ago
Not in security but I recommend 1) Put an email address in your user page, and 2) Maybe remove "Cyber" from the wording because I read from somewhere security people don't like that (I could be wrong so do your own research).
- dsbrandao 3y ago
  thanks! I added a email address on my profile. well there is a lot that goes into the field tbh, I have been studying multiple areas and tuning them for security related cases. So, by extension, I can see how experts would not like the term but that’s what I will have on my degree lol
RockCoach 3y ago
I think you could re-submit this as a general Ask HN question to get better visibility: "How to find/identify a mentor at different stages of your career?" or "How to be a better mentor/mentee?" I'd love to have a mentor as well, but I couldn't tell what I would have to offer to said mentor or how to compensate them for time/advice. In my opinion, you should first be clear about your ambitions in your field of interest and how a mentor would even be able to help you. The field of digital forensics is rather small (in comparison to general infosec)you could basically do it like an OSINT investigation: - look up instructors or book authors in this field (Amazon, goodreads, pluralsight etc.) - identify those who are active on social media (who are they talking to) - become a fixture inside these circles - identify local companies or meetups in this field - connect with more experienced professionals in real life - voice your wish to find a mentor
- samstave 3y ago
  You just MENTORED them into how to find a mentor. :-)

12 points by dsbrandao 3y ago

cpach 3y ago

There was a similar question a few months ago, here’s what I answered back then: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38702378 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38702378 Best of luck!

markus_zhang 3y ago

Not in security but I recommend 1) Put an email address in your user page, and 2) Maybe remove "Cyber" from the wording because I read from somewhere security people don't like that (I could be wrong so do your own research).

dsbrandao 3y ago
thanks! I added a email address on my profile. well there is a lot that goes into the field tbh, I have been studying multiple areas and tuning them for security related cases. So, by extension, I can see how experts would not like the term but that’s what I will have on my degree lol

RockCoach 3y ago

I think you could re-submit this as a general Ask HN question to get better visibility: "How to find/identify a mentor at different stages of your career?" or "How to be a better mentor/mentee?" I'd love to have a mentor as well, but I couldn't tell what I would have to offer to said mentor or how to compensate them for time/advice. In my opinion, you should first be clear about your ambitions in your field of interest and how a mentor would even be able to help you. The field of digital forensics is rather small (in comparison to general infosec)you could basically do it like an OSINT investigation: - look up instructors or book authors in this field (Amazon, goodreads, pluralsight etc.) - identify those who are active on social media (who are they talking to) - become a fixture inside these circles - identify local companies or meetups in this field - connect with more experienced professionals in real life - voice your wish to find a mentor

samstave 3y ago
You just MENTORED them into how to find a mentor. :-)