Surprised it hasn't been mentioned yet but Richard Bejtlich has a great post on his blog ( http://taosecurity.blogspot.com/2009/08/thoughts-on-security-careers.html)...He<http://taosecurity.blogspot.com/2009/08/thoughts-on-security-careers.html%29...He>says:
"*...next time you meet “a security expert,” ask him what is his area of expertise. If the answer is “security”, run! Finally, career advice for those new to information security: don’t be a generalist. If you have to be a security generalist, be a “generalist specialist;” namely, know a bit about everything PLUS know a lot about something OR know a lot about “several somethings.” If you ONLY know “a bit about everything,” you’d probably die hungry..."* I am all for specialising in multiple areas of information security...putting all the careers advantages, money, etc aside, you wouldn't you want to excel in every field that youre a part of? Provided of course you have the time to learn :P Just my $0.02 Cheers, Ali On Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 12:52 AM, Robert Portvliet < [email protected]> wrote: > What do you guys think of this article? > > http://darkreading.com/blog/archives/2009/08/specialization.html > > Do you feel it's better to study different areas of infosec (incident > handling AND penetration testing, for instance) or do you think it's > best to pick one area & focus all your efforts on learning everything > you can about it? > _______________________________________________ > Pauldotcom mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom > Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com >
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