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Mentorship Monday - Discussions for career and learning! (infosec.pub)

submitted 4 months ago by shellsharks@infosec.pub to c/cybersecurity@infosec.pub

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Weekly thread for any and all career, learning and general guidance questions. Thinking of taking a training or going for a cert? Wondering how to level up your career? Wondering what NOT to do? Got other questions? This is the time and place to ask!

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[–] biptoot@lemmy.today 2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Looking for cert guidance!

I'm a late-40's life-long IT guy, working as a cybersecurity architect / deputy CISO for a state govt agency the last few years. I have my CISSP and bachelor's in IT mgmt from WGU.

I have access to free microsoft classes & cert tests through my employer. Thinking about going back and getting some certs. Does it make sense to do the security certs in order?

SC-900, SC-100-200-300-400, AZ 500

Or am I overthinking it and I should just jump in and try a test to see how I do?

[–] leastprivilege@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

What are your goals?

[–] biptoot@lemmy.today 1 points 4 months ago

Derp, thanks for the prompt. I'd like to move to a position for more income. Government or private. Currently at $127k / yr.

[–] shellsharks@infosec.pub 1 points 4 months ago

I wrote a bit about the pitfall(s) of "Certification Paths" - https://shellsharks.com/notes/2023/11/14/stop-worrying-about-certification-paths.

This is coming from someone who has A LOT of certs, and I've learned over this time that it's just not the right way to think about progressing career-wise. You can read more though about certs and some thoughts on what you could take here too https://shellsharks.com/training-retrospective#what-certification-or-training-should-i-take.