How did you decide your speciality in Cybersecurity? Did you naturally gravitate towards one area?

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I’m 6 years in and STILL haven’t solidified a specialty. Makes me feel lost half the time, but also half a jack of all trades so I get more project placements have at least done “some” of x, y, or z instead of being a silo’d master of X.

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I’m doing this all well, feel stretched all the time, but I’m not ‘staying in my lane’ well. Everything has dependencies.

Landed on data protection because I liked the people

They offered me a job

$$$ and stability. Subject matter is fine I guess

Cloud cause it’s hot

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