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biptoot@lemmy.today 5 months ago
Looking for cert guidance!
I’m a late-40’s life-long IT guy, working as a cybersecurity architect / deputy CISO for a state govt agency the last few years. I have my CISSP and bachelor’s in IT mgmt from WGU.
I have access to free microsoft classes & cert tests through my employer. Thinking about going back and getting some certs. Does it make sense to do the security certs in order?
SC-900, SC-100-200-300-400, AZ 500
Or am I overthinking it and I should just jump in and try a test to see how I do?
I wrote a bit about the pitfall(s) of “Certification Paths” - shellsharks.com/…/stop-worrying-about-certificati….
This is coming from someone who has A LOT of certs, and I’ve learned over this time that it’s just not the right way to think about progressing career-wise. You can read more though about certs and some thoughts on what you could take here too shellsharks.com/training-retrospective#what-certi….
leastprivilege@lemmy.ml 5 months ago
What are your goals?
biptoot@lemmy.today 5 months ago
Derp, thanks for the prompt. I’d like to move to a position for more income. Government or private. Currently at $127k / yr.