Ask HN: How can I get into cyber security research?

Re:Ask HN: How can I get into cyber security research? by MSFT_Edging on Monday January 30, 2023 @10:33AM (#34580984)

If you find the right contractor or aim for a smaller subcontractor, the pay can be fairly lucrative if you haven't been poisoned by FAANG salaries.

Typically the game in the industry is work for a contractor, quit with a few of your best buds, open an LLC and sub back to the same customer/contractor with your billing rate doubled. Since you lack the overhead of a larger company, you can be a little entrepreneur with your specialization and get very rich very fast.

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Re:Ask HN: How can I get into cyber security research? by malleefowl on Monday January 30, 2023 @11:28AM (#34582025)

Agreed! I just meant that working directly for NSA/CIA is low pay. Like ~100k, which certainly isn't poverty wages. Working for a contractor, I think about 250k is normal (but I have very few data points). And I don't know anyone who has started their own LLC, but I'm sure the sky's the limit with that route.

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