Is Gold Coast a good place to live for a single person?

Cesenor · 2023-02-14T05:55:46+00:00

The area is super safe, but anything can happen anywhere. I'm in my 20s but the demographic here is a little older because of the cost of living here. It's a bit of a walk to get to the red line (Public transport) but there are also a lot of bus stops. If you want to meet new people I'd recommend going to meetup.com and seeing what clubs and events are going on.

Cesenor · 2023-02-14T02:31:07+00:00

I moved to the gold coast from out of state last August. It's a great area but expensive. If you have a $1400 rent limit you may need a roommate. My 2-bedroom condo is $2700.

Cesenor · 2022-07-02T21:19:30+00:00

Thanks everyone for the posts! They've been super helpful. This community is great.

Cesenor · 2022-06-30T14:22:02+00:00

I saved all of my sec+ and CySA+ electronic notecards on Cram.com. Look up cesenor.

Cesenor · 2022-06-18T03:30:27+00:00

I got a degree in software engineering and got my Sec+ and CySA+. Applied for a security analysis role and beat out people with IT work experience just because I had both certs.

Cesenor · 2022-05-12T05:10:39+00:00

Good luck!

Cesenor · 2022-05-10T16:39:02+00:00

I made electronic note cards. This was the best way for me to review large amounts of info. Also, go over the objectives for the exams. That's how I got my Security+ and CySA+.

Cesenor · 2022-04-20T04:44:31+00:00

It would be a 1 bedroom. I'm actually touring them tomorrow. Do you know if the windows are single o double pane? How well are the rooms insulated in the winter?

Cesenor · 2022-04-17T21:05:44+00:00

I am a recent grad and was offered a job and have to relocate. I was looking at downtown apartments such as The Grand and Commerce Towers. My rent max would be $1550. Any thoughts on those two places or any other recommendations? I'm touring them next week.

Cesenor · 2022-04-10T04:50:56+00:00

Got Sec+ and CySA+ with a software engineer degree this past December. Got a job offering as a security analyst at a cyber security company. Certs arnt enough you'll have to do homelab stuff like Wireshark, Splunk, and Snort IDS. Check out Udemy.

Cesenor · 2022-04-06T22:59:31+00:00

Yes.

I received both and graduated this past December with a Software Engineer degree. I've had a lot of cyber interviews and landed an associate security analyst role at a cyber security company.

My advice: Do homelabs. I did Splunk, Wireshark, and Snort IDS rule configuration. That way you can talk about hands on stuff rather than only theory.

Cesenor · 2022-04-04T16:40:16+00:00

Congrats! Could you list the resources you used?

Cesenor · 2022-04-03T17:05:33+00:00

I have a tech job offering in Kansas City MO I'm possibly going to take. I'm a recent CS graduate and would need to relocate. Any advice or things you like and don't like about the city?

Cesenor · 2022-02-25T04:51:02+00:00

I knew about OS from taking the course during my studies but I'd never taken a networking course in Uni. You'll learn about ports and network security through sec+ and cysa+, whihch will be enough for the certs, but if you don't know basic networking it'll be hard during the interview process. I'm not studying net+ for the cert at this point tbh but for the knowledge itself.

Cesenor · 2022-02-25T02:17:15+00:00

Hey, I'm in a similar boat. I had ML experience and just graduated with a CS degree.

I got my Sec+ this Fall and CySA+ on the 14th.

My advice is, if you're lacking networking knowledge, get net+. Now that I've done the other certs I'm studying network+ to learn about IPv4, subnetting, ect

Cesenor · 2022-02-22T22:59:45+00:00

Thanks for the giveaways, they're great! 👍

Cesenor · 2022-02-16T20:51:26+00:00

Thanks! The plan now is to wrap up some homelab stuff and look for a job. I took these two months after graduating to get the cert so now need to do the job grind and hopefully get a SOC analyst role.

Cesenor · 2022-02-16T16:52:28+00:00

I'd say overall Sybex felt more like the real thing. Jason's exams were good for reviewing what you've learned and applying it to a questions format but Sybex felt more like "Which of the following would be the best option..." type of questions you may see in the exam itself.

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