What talking with a friend who transitioned from marketing into cloud (AWS) and then into security, and he spends a lot of time studying to ensure he understands all the concepts required for technical discussions.
Curious to see what the community opinions are. Feel free to share your initial background as well.
I am a self taught hack. There is so much I am unware of and things that I don’t know I should know. You shouldn’t let me near your systems. Yet people do.
In contrast, I am a formally educated hack with a degree (in being a hack) from a top accredited school (of being a hack).
I have a strong foundation in the core priniples of computer architecture, which just helps me be impressively aware of how much I don’t know, that I probably should.
I can explain, in fairly technical jargon detail, why you shouldn’t let me near your systems.
Yet people also trust me, as well, in spite of how clearly I’m able to articulate how and why they should not.
It’s a strange world.
In all seriousness, I’ve learned so much more from self-taught colleagues than I did in school.