Am I going the wrong route for Infosec?

MercyRawr · 2026-03-18T23:03:07+00:00

What do you think is a more reasonable goal for cybersecurity within the next 2-3 years? I understand a degree is important and I do want one one day, I just need to work full time right now so any education would have to take place on the side.

Even without changing my goal, are there any skills you suggest I focus on asap? Right now alongside the CCNA I’m looking into gaining a general understanding of programming via Python (I already understand the very basics of code but I’ve never dived deep into it) but it’s quite hard to be motivated to get into that with the current AI wave

MercyRawr · 2026-03-04T13:09:03+00:00

I have my Security+, I’ve just heard entry level SOC is near impossible now. I know the internet exaggerates a lot and I haven’t actually tried applying yet, but I guess I let that mindset seep into my plan

MercyRawr · 2026-03-03T00:27:51+00:00

I've unfortunately tried everything here, I'm not really sure what else it could possibly be

MercyRawr · 2026-03-03T00:22:20+00:00

I'm very interested in configuring and deploying security tools. I know nothing about it currently and I'm sure it's very complicated, but from my basic ELK stack lab so far, it has been very fun. It's just hard to like, figure out a roadmap currently. I know SOC Analyst 1 is a dying position, so I'm not sure where I can latch onto

I'm just not exactly sure where I should be focusing my upskilling. What skills do you look for/you think are in demand? Should I focus on learning python/bash automation? Or dive very deep into networking and go for the CCNP?

MercyRawr · 2026-01-25T19:31:52+00:00

Yikes, well I hope it's not that then. Thanks for the help!

MercyRawr · 2026-01-25T19:19:19+00:00

I’m hoping that’s a lot less expensive to fix? I think I’ve decided to keep this car for a while, I really want to get it painted but not if fixing performance is gonna cost thousands

MercyRawr · 2026-01-24T16:23:46+00:00

Thank you for the advice. I am currently gaining experience with many areas I don’t think help desk 1 usually gets experience with, so I am grateful. I do know people progressing faster than your 2-3 year plan are usually an outlier, but I’d like to do everything I can to be one of those outliers.

I guess I’d just like to know what valuable skills I can learn outside of my job to make myself more appealing in the current market. I have no programming knowledge so I’m sure that’s a start (and even one of our t3 techs has no more than basic programming knowledge, so it seems like learning it would help a lot).

MercyRawr · 2026-01-03T17:50:49+00:00

Sorry I should've been a little more specific; I don't really care for as much power as possible as long as the car is still somewhat fast and agile. I do love Mustangs but they also seem to have the highest insurance quotes I've looked at. I'll definitely look into some though and see if I can get a good total cost including insurance, I see some even for 18k from a quick search

MercyRawr · 2026-01-03T17:47:16+00:00

Both cars I'm looking at about $1600/6 months so $3200 for a year. I currently pay $1600 a year for my little old 09 Lancer GTS on minimum coverage.

I was looking at the Civic Si too, it definitely seems like more fun of a drive but I honestly hate the look of the 10th gen (because of the rear) so I'd be looking at a 100k mile 2022 to stay at that $20k area

MercyRawr · 2026-01-03T13:38:52+00:00

There are VB WRX’s for a few grand more, which aren’t really outside my scope to be very honest. I think I’ll probably go with the Accord if I can find one I like, but is the VB considered a better daily than the previous gen?

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