In my case, it was a series of fortuitous accidents. I'm sure that's not what you want to hear, since it's not something you could replicate.
(I was a software engineer for almost twenty years, for half a dozen different companies. One day, I arrived at work and was told "We've hired a new Director of Engineering, and he's bringing in his own team. We've decided to rename the old team 'Operations' and assign you the task of building a network to host our services instead of building them yourselves." Suddenly, I was a network engineer instead. The plan was to bring in a consultant for a few months to set up our initial network security, while searching for a permanent person. But this was 1997, with the Internet bubble still growing mightily, and affordable network security engineers were pretty thin on the ground. So I inherited what the consultant had set up, and ran with it. When that start-up decided to downsize, I had to decide if I was a software engineer who had spent a couple of interesting years in networking, or a network engineer specializing in security who had some background in software. I'd found something I loved, so I opted for the latter; two employers later, that's what I'm still doing.) David Gillett > -----Original Message----- > From: Duffy Hazelhurst [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: August 11, 2003 17:08 > To: Mike West; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Getting In > > > > I can't wait to see the reply, I'd love to know the answer myself. > > Duffy > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mike West [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, August 09, 2003 4:29 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Getting In > > > Guys > > I know you have probably been asked this question many times > but here goes. > > I am currently a security enthusiast and employed as a > software developer > for a large Telco company however I would like to get into > the security > field but I am finding it a very tight market to get into. > > How would be the best way to make a start in the Security > field. As I have > found that most company's will not look at your CV unless you > have had 2 > years proffesional experience/certification and you can't get a > certification until you have the experience etc. > > Thanks in advance > Mike > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ------------- > -------------------------------------------------------------- > -------------- > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ------------- > -------------------------------------------------------------- > -------------- >
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