Shared thoughts after 6 years in Pentesting

Re:Shared thoughts after 6 years in Pentesting by Xuebit on Sunday June 25, 2017 @06:33PM (#14632594)

I am just starting in Networking and want to progress to NetSec eventually and I was kind of taken back by OPs advice to work 80 hours a week, I want to have a life, not work all the time, so your comment was pretty comforting.

> 2. Don't get certificates

I am progressing through my CCNP and LPIC-1, mostly because I want to get recognized for my skills, but I also see them as a guideline, what to learn next, kind of like a ladder, maybe one day I will get to the top of the ladder and have no where to go, but for now I think that certifications lay a path for me, what do you think about that?

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Re:Shared thoughts after 6 years in Pentesting by KGIII on Sunday June 25, 2017 @06:48PM (#14632664)

Tangentially related: If you can, work to live - not live to work. I'm retired, but I remember weeks of 90+ hours. I highly recommend against that.

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Re:Shared thoughts after 6 years in Pentesting by philprx on Monday June 26, 2017 @05:05AM (#14635206)

But... Hey, yes, have a life, that is a hacking / security life !

Is there something else ? ;)

Honestly without joking, as the OP said, having this as a passion or lifestyle is going to accelerate your proficiency compared to the others. My feeling is that it's not an absolute prerequisite, just a tremendous accelerator.

I started "having a life" maybe 15 years after the beginning of my hacking passion ;) tho my wife would argue about that ;)

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