Where do you see yourself in 5 years?

I'm currently just starting out in the IT field as a Help Desk agent. In 5 years I'm hoping to be either in school finishing up a degree or working with an IT Security firm as a Jr. Network Security Analyst.

What about you? Where do you see yourself in 5 years in your job or education?

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100k

CCIE hopefully and paying off my student loans to Sallie Mae...well maybe 10 years for the loans.

shodown

Hopefully I will be a Network Architect by then possibly thinking about going after a CCDE.

MSP-IT

Senior position in either red team or blue security. Hoping it'll only take another 2-3 years to get there.

MrAgent

I want to be finished with my masters (a year left), and in a management position. I feel that I am on the right track for that at the moment.

Polynomial

5 years? Assuming when I go to business school I don't die of alcohol poisoning hopefully an IT management position.

coreyb80

About to begin studying for the CCENT and take it within the next month so in about 5 years I would like to be in a Network Admin role. Focused on completing CCENT and CCNA this year.

DoubleNNs

Idk about 5 years. But in 2-3 years I want to be in a Network Engineer role, in the middle of finishing up my CCNP.

However, considering how far I have to go, and the funny way life tends to get in the way, I might end up making that my 5 year goal instead..

bull313

As a Network Admin, possibly moonlighting as an MCT.

EV42TMAN

Network Engineer, or hopefully finding a new reason to care when an end user complains that their e-mail loads slowly over 3g on their old iphone 3gs

Asif Dasl

Destitute or filthy rich... I haven't decided which!

Probably a VMware engineer, contracting most probably, because that's where the money is (over here at least).

devils_haircut

In a different field.

gorebrush

Technical Architect, responsible for design and implementation of things from Windows Servers to Cisco and VMWare with maybe some Security in there too.

CCIE #1 this year.
Maybe another one by the 5 years.

Hopefully well on way to being mortgage free by 40.

proph21

I would like to see myself in a stable security position, one step closer to becoming an ISSO, and continuing my education by slowly achieving a Masters in Cybersecurity (or getting more certs)

bobloblaw

Doing vulnerability assessments and pen tests remotely in a central/south american country from a beach villa.

Master Of Puppets

A badass pen tester/security analyst(something along these lines) with plans for my own business. Certification wise, unless my plans change - OSCE.

FloOz

Senior network engineer/architect with my CCIE, maybe even two at that point.

Tom Servo

In 5 years... not sure I can think that far out

Hopefully I'll be doing penetration testing, and nearly smart and knowledgeable enough to be researching and developing zero day exploits.

jibbajabba

5 years .. man .. no idea .. if you would have asked me where I WANT to be, then I could just say what I told a director in an interview once: Sitting on the beach all day and enjoy the sun, sea and relax .. (True story).

Mishra

Owning more businesses and investments. Hopefully my own business...

Dakinggamer87

Finishing up my Master's degree and in a role as an IT Manager/Director.

Iristheangel

I would probably go with either a senior level network engineer or architect position. At least one CCIE in the bag but here's hoping for two

instant000

Iris:

Please update your headline. It says next up-CCNP, and you've already done that.

On the original topic, I'd say that I'd like to be in my second career of franchise ownership. A man can dream, can't he?

Iristheangel

Updated

I always miss that stuff when updating this profile

the_Grinch

If things continue and I stay put I'll probably move up fairly high within the government agency I currently work at. Along with if I stay put goes perhaps at Masters from a school labeled as #1 in the country for it's program.

OR

OSCP at least and working as an Exploit Researcher (or something along those lines) maybe at my own place

Have some ideas for security consulting that I believe is needed haha

Jon_Cisco

If everything goes as planned I expect I'll still be sitting at my computer playing with my home labs.
Now which cert I'll be working on I have no idea.

colemic

Hopefully in a director or C-level position.

joneno

Hopefully I won't be configuring stuff then.

colemic

joneno wrote: »

Hopefully I won't be configuring stuff then.

^^^ This, if my first two choices don't work out. Much better answer.

Qord

5 years is a ways away, but hopefully I'll:

Be done with a Masters
Teaching in addition to the day-job
A real sysadmin, with the title AND the pay!!!
Possibly out of the education and non-profit IT sector

N2IT

Hopefully still at the same company changing titles with responsibility. I would like to get into Sales eventually I really think I would fare well in that area.