As an older woman studying cybersecurity as well, it is very good to hear this from y’all.
Not who you asked but, I’m still early on and have heard I should go ahead and start some certifications on my own. Suggestions on the first few possibly from someone in the field?
I found certifications to be a waste of time and money, honestly. I literally had HR at multiple places tell me it was entirely irrelevant to their decision to even interview me when it was a job requirement to have
Im rather convinced it was once useful as I knew someone who did it, but at some point it swapped to the same fucking scam colleges are in the US: pay to be sub-entry-level in their eyes
Certificates when you first start are good for getting your foot in the door but the best way to learn in a real world experience. To answer your question, 99.88% of people would said Security+, but that cert is nothing compared to actually dealing with actual real world BS. Certain types of attacks don’t follow a pattern and being able to adapt to that isn’t going to be taught in Security+
As an older woman studying cybersecurity as well, it is very good to hear this from y’all.
Not who you asked but, I’m still early on and have heard I should go ahead and start some certifications on my own. Suggestions on the first few possibly from someone in the field?
I found certifications to be a waste of time and money, honestly. I literally had HR at multiple places tell me it was entirely irrelevant to their decision to even interview me when it was a job requirement to have
Im rather convinced it was once useful as I knew someone who did it, but at some point it swapped to the same fucking scam colleges are in the US: pay to be sub-entry-level in their eyes
Certificates when you first start are good for getting your foot in the door but the best way to learn in a real world experience. To answer your question, 99.88% of people would said Security+, but that cert is nothing compared to actually dealing with actual real world BS. Certain types of attacks don’t follow a pattern and being able to adapt to that isn’t going to be taught in Security+