Career Path Coaching?

Has anyone here used the services of a career coach for their career path in InfoSec?
I've been in the InfoSec world for well over a decade, and am at a crossroads as to where to go from here. I enjoy the work I do, and have been fortunate to have years of experience in a variety of security roles - analyst, auditor, policy & compliance, risk mgmt, encryption, engineering, architecture, etc etc. I have some of the industry certs that are considered foundational: CISSP-ISSAP, some SANS stuff, etc. So I have some options, but currently am so busy with work and life, its hard to keep abreast of trends to understand where I should be focusing to get where I want to go.
I've never used a career coach, but would welcome any recommendations on a service that would know InfoSec well enough to assist. Thoughts?
I've been in the InfoSec world for well over a decade, and am at a crossroads as to where to go from here. I enjoy the work I do, and have been fortunate to have years of experience in a variety of security roles - analyst, auditor, policy & compliance, risk mgmt, encryption, engineering, architecture, etc etc. I have some of the industry certs that are considered foundational: CISSP-ISSAP, some SANS stuff, etc. So I have some options, but currently am so busy with work and life, its hard to keep abreast of trends to understand where I should be focusing to get where I want to go.
I've never used a career coach, but would welcome any recommendations on a service that would know InfoSec well enough to assist. Thoughts?
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(ie: what is the end goal, CISO?, or Red Team Lead, etc). That would help map out a path. For myself, I'm looking at a cyber architect role, and once I identified the role, it was pretty easy to back fill the path with courses, certs, experience that I would need to obtain.
Things that are hot right now that might spark some ideas:
Cyber DevOps (DevSecOps) / Automation
Blockchain Technology (lots of new job demand / very few people who have this background)
Cyber resiliency / survivability
Do you want to stay technical, or move more towards the policy/compliance/management side?
I'm not (yet) an infosec coach, but again, I get asked all the time, so I end up giving advice based on my own experiences. Ive been in the field over 20 years.
If you come across such a service, I'd be interested in seeing what they're about.
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I've been in the Architecture & Engineering space for a couple years now, and really enjoy it and would like to stay here. In particular I'd like to be able to keep my skill sets here current and portable. Working full time+ and raising kids has severely limited the time I have available to go through training & research, so I'm keen to focus on the emerging trends / technologies that will keep me relevant. I've typically been a "big picture" person, i.e. I work better with technical concepts and how things fit together, rather than remembering all the wonderful minutia of how those technologies fit together. I can most certainly do that detail work, but its not what I enjoy.
LonerVamp, I think your questions hit the nail on the head - those are the kinds of questions I need help answering. I'll definitely take some of the methods you offered into my game plan.