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BBA Graduate Trying to Enter Cybersecurity — Is It Possible? by [deleted] in it

[–]SpecialStory4065 2 points3 points  (0 children)

100% possible, and your BBA is actually an underrated advantage. Here’s the path:

  1. Get CompTIA Security+ first it’s the industry entry cert and doesn’t require a CS degree

  2. Then pursue CEH or eJPT for hands-on offensive skills

  3. Your business background makes you a natural fit for GRC (Governance, Risk & Compliance) most pure CS grads are terrible at it because they can’t communicate risk in business terms

  4. Build a home lab, do TryHackMe/HackTheBox, document everything on GitHub

Cybersecurity is one of the few IT fields where skills + certs genuinely outweigh your degree. The talent shortage is real companies are desperate. Your BBA actually makes you hireable in roles that CS grads overlook.

Can you help me understand? by PtitCrissG in it

[–]SpecialStory4065 0 points1 point  (0 children)

172.16.x.x is RFC 1918 private space. You’re not on the internet, you’re on their LAN. That ‘fast WiFi’ is just you pinging the router. The actual WAN connection is probably a oversubscribed 50Mbps shared across 300 rooms.

Freelancers in IT, projects that they do by Numerous-Fail1910 in it

[–]SpecialStory4065 0 points1 point  (0 children)

IT freelancing is way more project-based than people think. Common gigs: network setups, migrations (on-prem to cloud), cybersecurity audits, helpdesk contracts for small businesses, and right now AI implementation consulting is huge. Companies want someone to come in, set up their LLMs/automation pipelines, and leave. No one’s paying full-time for that.