Landing Your First Job in Cybersecurity

Finding your first job in cybersecurity can be daunting! In this video, Wes Pretsch explains his decision to pursue education in cybersecurity and the steps he took to ultimately land a job. He provides a 4-step roadmap from education to employment and offers advice he'd give to his younger self.

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[SalahMWahsh]

Great info, I hope one day I will get a job in security field.

[FelipeNavarro]

Great video, it’s amazing to see how learning and aplying knowledge it’s such a cycle, it’s incredible to see how much it’s possible to learn in these videos, great advices to start in tech carrers!

[casfren]

1:35 the class next to mine, it smells like they had chemical warfare inside there.

[JenniferSpencer-tb]

Very interesting and yours presentation also very cool well done . What is the definition of cybersecurity.

[yakovshvidko]

What I understood before studying in the USA and what I see now. Unfortunately, what they tell you before training does not correspond to reality. Most people don't have it background. And especially since they don’t have any acquaintances. But before training, everyone tells them that they will easily find a job. Because there are many vacancies. As a result, after training they are faced with requirements for a junior position. Which does not require any experience at all, much less any certificates. They are expected to have level 1-2. . Why did this happen? And why new people have to lie that they have experience. It’s not clear. There is absolutely no problem to take and train any person in a month. It is important to find the right person. Not certificates and

[master_deepak]

Very interesting and yours presentation also very cool 😊 well done 👍

[Rosarak]

I'm stuck in the "job search" :( I graduated and know no one

[StefSharkySchultz]

Lightboard is so cool, great presentation, thank you all so much for the valuable insight and for your personal expertise!

[ranaganguli]

Hi, you told about technical and non technical... can you plz non technical part in details..

[LuvxJacqulie]

He's a dream boy. It doesn't work like that in the adult world.

[justicedavybatiamiyalou]

What is the definition of cybersecurity

[YukisomeVideo]

can ibm offer free training to qradar?

[franklemanschik_de]

I took from that Video let the old ibm driven Economy die IT IS Not worth to apply If you got all this skills your already rich by Default.

[CloudSec]

So no degree no job, dosen't matter what cert or skill u have.

[davepunk]

May you suggestion deodorant brand for me to approach beautiful ceo bro😅

[poppyblue]

The networking thing is pretty disgusting actually. So the only people who get into a company are only friends and family of current employees. Screw the rest. This is going too far, things like this make me even question capitalism sometimes.

[zvxcvxcz]

Let's be real. A fresh student is basically never the best person for a position (just look at all the "entry level" positions asking for years of experience). In reality, pretty privilege and connections are what get you into your first role (with some exceptions, but by and large). And they aren't strictly looking for someone for experience, that is just so they can turn down everyone but the person they already had in mind for the position h while making it look justified to turn them away. Look at this dude's face and consider that he was privileged to already be in contact with a prof that worked at IBM. To get in without those freebies is a very different proposition and not something that someone in his position understands or can help you with.

If you really want into this field you need to network and learn at the same time. Seek out any clubs that deal with security on campus, at my campus there was a club that removed viruses from other students machines for free to get more experience with what is out there in the wild. Those guys knew more than any so called professional in the field I've ever met since. They weren't just running an antivirus, they knew how to dig in deep and root out a virus from all the persistent hidey holes available to it. The other good place was campus IT, but not the regular service desk job, so I wouldn't bother if you only have a year, you need to get promoted to the team dealing with security issues for it to be worth your while. I would only spend time with campus IT at a large school with a really good team that likes to do things in house though. You won't learn jack at those places that like to outsource all their IT needs. Those places are clueless.

[vincentl]

Talk little to nothing about cybersecurity … waste of time