Once I finish CISSP, can I quit getting certifications?

packetphilter

Once I finish CISSP, can I quit getting certifications, work 9-5, and spend my free time building bicycles?

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JasminLandry

You can do what ever you feel like doing!

boxerboy1168

No, you are a slave to IT.

An an old network engineer told me once, the only thing to change in 20 years is IPV6.

dustervoice

No quit before you get CISSP.

jamesleecoleman

You playing.

Iristheangel

You can quit certifications but I wouldn't recommend stopping learning if you would like to keep your IT career going

DatabaseHead

Like others have mentioned, certifications YES, skills NO.............

TankerT

It depends on two things. 1- How the CISSP holds up over the long term. 2- What you want to do with your career.

ITSec14

My question is...are you sure this is the career you want?

packetphilter

Iristheangel wrote: »

You can quit certifications but I wouldn't recommend stopping learning if you would like to keep your IT career going

Sounds good to me

packetphilter

ITSec14 wrote: »

My question is...are you sure this is the career you want?

.-~Yes~-.

shimasensei

It depends on your career goals & life situation..

PC509

I thought the same after a few other certs... One month later, I'm searching for the next new thing to tackle and learn.

It never ends. It's kinda fun, but somewhere in the middle you want to just say "this is the last one! NEVER AGAIN!".

scaredoftests

also depends if you apply for a company and they want another type of certification.

mbarrett

CISSP has held its value for quite a long time, comparatively speaking in IT security...having said that, there will come a day when CISSP is less relevant and then you will probably want to ramp up for some other cert (whatever that might be at the time...)

packetphilter

Learning is good. Just kind of tired of paying for tests.

Iristheangel

There's no rule that says you have to pay for test or continuing paying for test. That being said, if you're learning the content that's part of a blueprint for a prestigious exam that will get you a lot of notice when employers, might not be bad to take the exam

At a certain point in your career, employers should be offering to pay for that stuff and training to some degree.

It's ultimately up to you on what you choose. You won't go stale as long as you keep learning.

dstock7337

packetphilter wrote: »

Once I finish CISSP, can I quit getting certifications, work 9-5, and spend my free time building bicycles?

I understand the feeling. You could go that route. However, I would advise keeping a pulse on the market. A cert that is popular today may not be in the future.

TheFORCE

I'd recommend opening a bicycle shop on your free time.

dstock7337

This ^^^

OctalDump

I think this question speaks pretty deeply to the soul of a lot of people on here. I think quite a few would like to quit but can't. Just one more hit!

IT is pretty bad for professional development requirements. Some roles aren't as bad as others. High level security policy and governance type stuff is probably less dynamic than pentesting or malware analysis. Networking is a bit more stable than systems. Project management can get you away from a lot of the hands on technical things. Basically, the more 'technical' or 'hands on' the role, the more you are forced to run to keep up as the technology changes.

So even if you stop the formal certifications, you still need to keep learning to some degree just to stay in the same position. If you are lucky, you might be able to do most or all of that on company time.

CISSP could offer a path into roles that are less heavy on that requirement, but there's no guarantees.

Oztexs

after i get my CISSP i want to get into cloud sec .. not really covered in CISSP

plus crpyto alogrithms will be cracked at the rate of technlogy these days ..