Changing Career Path
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Hi ,
I have been thinking to change my career path as a pentester . I am CS graduate and working as Full stack web developer for 2 years. I have work with both mobile app and web app. I have always interested in cyber security . As there are few opportunities to start career as Pentester in my country I decided to not choose this path.
As I said , I am passionate about cyber security . Now I want to make a change to my career and start as a Pentester.
I would really appreciate your valuable suggestion .
TREAT me as a NOOB. I want career guidance from where to start . Which exam to go for ? any suggestion you think will add value in my learning path.
Thank You
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JDMurray Admin Posts: 13,094 AdminWelcome to TE!What is your background in pentesting and what have you already done to learn more? Have you looked at the pentesting certifications (PenTest+, eJPT, OSCP), or worked on any of the pentesting elearning sites (TryHackMe, HackTheBox), or subscribed to any Bug Bounty programs (HackerOne) for practice? As a developer, you can also contribute volunteer work to many Open Source pentesting projects.
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sodump Member Posts: 3 ■□□□□□□□□□Thank you for Warm Welcome.
I am linux enthusiast . Working with it around 5 years. Just out of excitement tried few tool in kali . Having some udemy course . But not proper determinate as now. Now I wanna go proper certified way with exam . Which exam preparation should take first and next way to move up ? -
JDMurray Admin Posts: 13,094 Admin
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UnixGuy Mod Posts: 4,570 ModWelcome to the forumsfantastic advice from JD as always! Pentesting will be right up your alleyI always recommend cloud certs for people wanting to get into security, I believe they give you a skill thats in demand and helps build your foundation
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Moon Child Member Posts: 198 ■■■□□□□□□□sodump said:Hi , I have been thinking to change my career path as a pentester . I am CS graduate and working as Full stack web developer for 2 years. I have work with both mobile app and web app. I have always interested in cyber security . As there are few opportunities to start career as Pentester in my country I decided to not choose this path. As I said , I am passionate about cyber security . Now I want to make a change to my career and start as a Pentester. I would really appreciate your valuable suggestion . TREAT me as a NOOB. I want career guidance from where to start . Which exam to go for ? any suggestion you think will add value in my learning path. Thank Youjust as a word of warning...everyone wants to get into Security You face tough competition. I have met a lot of people who wanted to do Security in IT, but they are doing something else instead. It is the words I have commonly heard out of many co-workers mouths at IT Jobs I have had "I want to get into Security".I guess where to start? Well I had passed the Security+ exam... maybe you can start there for certification exams.... the world seems full of good men--even if there are monsters in it. - Bram Stoker, Dracula
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UnixGuy Mod Posts: 4,570 ModMoon Child said:I have commonly heard out of many co-workers mouths at IT Jobs I have had "I want to get into Security".I hear that, but when I follow that with "What have you done to get into security?", I hear crickets.
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JDMurray Admin Posts: 13,094 AdminI hear stuff like, "I want to get into Cyber Forensics!" I then ask, "What do you think Cyber Forensics is?" Then I hear crickets.