Unsolicited advice: Don't limit yourself to only one skillset. I see so many people focusing only on one skillset. Try to expand your scope and learn multiple skillsets. Whether it's Cloud, Red/Blue Teaming, RE, Development, System/Network Admin, etc.
23
40
213
Replies
@DebugPrivilege
As I've been working on a career transition, this has been my approach. I already know what I'm good at so why not challenge myself? Plus, they all build so even if I only pick out a few things that apply to that original "focus", I'm still making progress.
1
0
4
@DebugPrivilege
If I may add, also stay connected to other parts of life, learn some new real life stuff, like cooking, wood craft, bike repair, meeting people with a skill you like to learn
1
0
2
@DebugPrivilege
Market seems to value folks with specialized knowledge in one area though, but I do agree at the highest level you need to know a bit of everything
1
0
1
@thecyberlama
Yes, specialize in a few topics and be a SME in those domains. However also learn other domains and have a ‘decent’ knowledge of it.
0
0
2
@DebugPrivilege
Playing devils advocate… there’s always the risk that you can end up spreading yourself just a little too thinly??
Really, I agree. You never know when some tangential skill will be exactly the thing you need to get where you’re going. Study the things that interest you…
0
0
2
@DebugPrivilege
But you don't wanna spread yourself too thin; If all you have is just basic knowledge of all those fields then someone who's more skilled will be preferred when applying to jobs.
0
0
0
@DebugPrivilege
Had a tweet recently about this, though on the management side. Don’t allow your company to create silos. We should encourage different team collaboration to enable this personal growth.
0
0
0
