DEF CON Safe Mode Career Hacking Village - Alyssa Miller - From Barista to Cyber Security Pro

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If you're a barista that has never worked in a tech job, how do you land a role in security? What if I told you there are skills you have that apply directly to roles in security. In this session we're going to get into some real talk about landing your first security gig. We will analyze the challenges that aspiring security professionals need to overcome in order to find their way into an entry level position. We'll look at the issues of job descriptions, certifications, degrees, and other job search related challenges. We'll analyze data from a recent primary research to better understand how education, certifications, mentoring, and other characteristics impact the job search. Finally we'll use that information to share tangible real strategies you can use to overcome those hiring obstacles.
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I think the primary issue here is greed: Many companies want to hire people with years worth of skills and qualifications, but at an internship wage. Hence the reason why the position description is not congruent with the advertised job title. Also, I think job recruitment agencies operate in a race to the bottom industry and have questionable ethics.

AntiProtonBoy
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Crucial, Crucial, Crucial! Thank you Alyssa!!

sirw
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Well done Alyssa. Sent this to 15 people already.

RM-nmnf
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I am sharing this with my friends and co-workers. Excellent job!

ericjackson
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This is my life right now. What a wonderful presentation.

chris
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Absolutely fantastic. This is exactly the talk I've been looking for and you answered many questions. I'll be recommending this to other students and instructors at FullStack. Thanks again for sending me the link on Twitter!

Jikenda
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I am sharing this and going to reference this at my company. Thank you!

eirickluraas
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I feel we are trying waaay to hard to look perfect for the jobs. i'm considering really serious to switch industry since Cybersecurity is so ugly because of people outside of the industry taking decitions and not realizing how tough the job is...

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