I heartily agree that a big key is someone giving you a chance. As the saying goes, "It's not what you know, but who you know."
It could be appended with, "but who you know *that likes you*". One thing that I believe never hurts is giving back. It can open up doors that you might not have thought possible. John On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 10:27 AM, Robin Wood <[email protected]> wrote: > On 20 February 2012 15:05, JR Aquino <[email protected]> wrote: > > For the longest time this is how I felt about getting into the security > field proper: > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Af1OxkFOK18&feature=youtube_gdata_player > > > > Ultimately, I found the answer to be, "someone giving you a chance" all > the other background and experience didn't matter if you didn't already > come from an infosec position. > > That video is going in the talk, thank you for the link. > > I agree that getting someone to give you a chance is important and > hopefully these questions will help people see what they need to do to > get that chance. I tend to recommend people take part in the community > and build their names and reputations up as a first step, if you have > been actively releasing tools or writing blogs or even just asking and > answering questions for a while then when you come to ask for work > then people will know you and hopefully you'll have a much higher > chance of getting somewhere. > > That is two of us who believe that, lets see what other people feel. > > Robin > > > > > On Feb 20, 2012, at 6:42 AM, "xgermx" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> As a young whippersnapper trying to get into the field myself, thank > you. > >> > >> On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 8:12 AM, Robin Wood <[email protected]> > wrote: > >>> I've just started a new project which is trying to get answers to the > >>> eternal question 'How do I get into information security?'. To do this > >>> I've put together a questionnaire and a brief outline of what I'm > >>> trying to achieve. > >>> > >>> I'm trying to solicit information from people at every level of the > >>> industry so please, have your say and help us create a resource that > >>> we can give to people who will continue to start emails with 'I'm > >>> interested in security, how do I get started?' > >>> > >>> The project is here, please spread the word as widely as possible: > >>> > >>> http://www.digininja.org/projects/breaking_in_1.php > >>> > >>> Robin > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Pauldotcom mailing list > >>> [email protected] > >>> http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom > >>> Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> gpwn-list mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> https://lists.sans.org/mailman/listinfo/gpwn-list > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > gpwn-list mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.sans.org/mailman/listinfo/gpwn-list > > > > > _______________________________________________ > gpwn-list mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sans.org/mailman/listinfo/gpwn-list >
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