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Leaving years of web development and getting into cybersecurity in my 30s
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<blockquote data-quote="immapressit" data-source="post: 858616" data-attributes="member: 85786"><p>I've always been drawn to hacking and cybersecurity in general, but few years ago I seriously got interested in, and involved myself with, cryptocurrencies in various ways, which raised my awareness for privacy and anonymity much higher than usual, so I had to get involved in this field more seriously now.</p><p></p><p>I am 33 years old computer science college dropout and I have 7+ years of professional experience as frontend developer. When I was 4 exams away from graduation, two business opportunities presented themselves within the span of couple of weeks. The first offer was system administrator at the national library in the capital city of a country I live in. The second one was remote work as frontend developer. Both of these are my passions, but I chose frontend development back then and that was my first official job in IT. After a month it was clear to me that I'm either gonna have to leave work and finish college, which I was only 4 exams away from graduation, or irrationally drop out from college and continue working. I dropped out and never looked back at my formal education ever again.</p><p></p><p>Fast forward, here I am today. A 33 years old frontend developer with no wife and kids, and with a good salary. However, a day does not go by without thinking about that first gig offer as system administrator and what would my life be like if I chose that path. I think that gig was pretty much rigged in my favor back at the time, since my friend already worked there and he had some experience already. I was just a Linux enthusiast and it seemed to me that my friend was ready to drag me along with him through work until I get all the ropes, because I sure as hell wasn't qualified as system administrator back then by skills and expertise (I'm still not).</p><p></p><p>However, after all these years, I just can't let go of this other passion of mine, which is cybersecurity. I have to try. Here's my starter roadmap:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Acquire Network+, Security+, Linux+</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Leave frontend development behind me, along with my senior position and good salary</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Get a job as system administrator or network administrator, along with junior position and lower salary</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Acquire CCNA, CySA+</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Get a job for entry level cybersecurity role of any kind</li> </ul><p>Starter roadmap should be cleared in up to 5 years. I'm not sure how I'd like to progress after that at this point, but further progression may look something like this: CASP+, SSCP, GSEC, OSCP...</p><p></p><p>I am <strong>willing</strong> to:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Leave frontend development, my second ongoing passion, behind me</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Leave my current senior position</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Leave my current good salary</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Leave my current location</li> </ul><p>I am <strong>not willing</strong> to:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Work second or third shift, but I am willing to appear at work at any time of day or night if an incident occurs</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Work as help desk</li> </ul><p>On work days, I am usually able to steal 2-3 hours of corporate time and learn for certification at work, plus additional 2-3 hours when I get back home after work. On weekends, I usually have around 20 hours of time to learn. Would it be considered as drawback if I look for a job for junior system/network administrator when I'm 33/34 years old? Would you jump into trial by fire if you were in my position right now? Am I being real here?</p><p></p><p>I am kindly asking cybersecurity community of MalwareTips to share their thoughts with me on this topic considering my situation and, if possible, to provide their own most probable version of starter roadmap, where the last item on that map would be '<strong>Get a job for entry level cybersecurity role of any kind</strong>'.</p><p></p><p>Thank you</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="immapressit, post: 858616, member: 85786"] I've always been drawn to hacking and cybersecurity in general, but few years ago I seriously got interested in, and involved myself with, cryptocurrencies in various ways, which raised my awareness for privacy and anonymity much higher than usual, so I had to get involved in this field more seriously now. I am 33 years old computer science college dropout and I have 7+ years of professional experience as frontend developer. When I was 4 exams away from graduation, two business opportunities presented themselves within the span of couple of weeks. The first offer was system administrator at the national library in the capital city of a country I live in. The second one was remote work as frontend developer. Both of these are my passions, but I chose frontend development back then and that was my first official job in IT. After a month it was clear to me that I'm either gonna have to leave work and finish college, which I was only 4 exams away from graduation, or irrationally drop out from college and continue working. I dropped out and never looked back at my formal education ever again. Fast forward, here I am today. A 33 years old frontend developer with no wife and kids, and with a good salary. However, a day does not go by without thinking about that first gig offer as system administrator and what would my life be like if I chose that path. I think that gig was pretty much rigged in my favor back at the time, since my friend already worked there and he had some experience already. I was just a Linux enthusiast and it seemed to me that my friend was ready to drag me along with him through work until I get all the ropes, because I sure as hell wasn't qualified as system administrator back then by skills and expertise (I'm still not). However, after all these years, I just can't let go of this other passion of mine, which is cybersecurity. I have to try. Here's my starter roadmap: [LIST] [*]Acquire Network+, Security+, Linux+ [*]Leave frontend development behind me, along with my senior position and good salary [*]Get a job as system administrator or network administrator, along with junior position and lower salary [*]Acquire CCNA, CySA+ [*]Get a job for entry level cybersecurity role of any kind [/LIST] Starter roadmap should be cleared in up to 5 years. I'm not sure how I'd like to progress after that at this point, but further progression may look something like this: CASP+, SSCP, GSEC, OSCP... I am [B]willing[/B] to: [LIST] [*]Leave frontend development, my second ongoing passion, behind me [*]Leave my current senior position [*]Leave my current good salary [*]Leave my current location [/LIST] I am [B]not willing[/B] to: [LIST] [*]Work second or third shift, but I am willing to appear at work at any time of day or night if an incident occurs [*]Work as help desk [/LIST] On work days, I am usually able to steal 2-3 hours of corporate time and learn for certification at work, plus additional 2-3 hours when I get back home after work. On weekends, I usually have around 20 hours of time to learn. Would it be considered as drawback if I look for a job for junior system/network administrator when I'm 33/34 years old? Would you jump into trial by fire if you were in my position right now? Am I being real here? I am kindly asking cybersecurity community of MalwareTips to share their thoughts with me on this topic considering my situation and, if possible, to provide their own most probable version of starter roadmap, where the last item on that map would be '[B]Get a job for entry level cybersecurity role of any kind[/B]'. Thank you [/QUOTE]
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