What really helped in my career was working as a System Administrator. I wish that I worked as a Software Engineer as well before making the transition to InfoSec but having the System Admin knowledge has been super useful. I still leverage the knowledge to help customers!
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I had roles as junior/mid-level System Admin, Database Admin (OLTP, DBWH + ETL), Support and Bookkeeping (year 1 accountancy trainee) on my way to becoming a Software Engineer. I could code and code well before I started. Been extremely helpful in my career..
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Same here mate. Helped me in many situations, especially to quickly map the infrastructure I’m testing when I get the initial foothold during offensive operations. Right now working on the dev side since is becoming a must-have skillset.
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I come from the same path being sysadmin more than 10 years, helped a lot moving into infosec.
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I also come from sysadmin background. I really enjoyed the times I had to code stuff in Python, Perl and BASH. I wish I had learned Object-Oriented programming
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Great advice! I think help desk positions are greatly undervalued as well. If you want to see how people use and interact with tech, sit on a help desk for a few hours.
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