SAS 051 – IT Without A Degree – Preparing For The IT Field

In this episode I discuss Apple’s proposal to lower SSL/TLS certificate max life from 398 days to 47 days. Tim Callan from Sectigo and the Root Causes podcast joins me. Connect with Tim Callan: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tim-callan/ Root Causes Podcast: https://www.sectigo.com/root-causes-podcast

In this episode Robert Collcott joins me again on the show. It has been 4 years and since Robert was last on the show, episode 47. We discuss common security threats and ways to protect against them. Connect with Robert: LinkedIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-collcott/

In this episode I talk to Jeroen Schutrup about his home lab. He has dedicated an entire room to it with a nicely populated rack. He even made network diagrams (see his blog linked below)! Connect with Jeroen LinkedIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeroenschutrup/ Blog: https://megalith.rocks/homelab/ My Contact Info: [email protected] https://www.linkedin.com/in/dustinreybrouck/ Credits: Music by Ian Mayzak

In this episode I speak with Amanda Berlin, the Lead Incident Detection Engineer at Blumira, about her project Logmira. We discuss the benefits of enabling enhanced logging on Windows systems and how Logmira can streamline that process. Connect with Amanda Twitter: https://twitter.com/InfoSystir Mental Health Hackers: https://twitter.com/HackersHealth Logmira: https://github.com/Blumira/Logmira Blumira: https://twitter.com/blumirasec My Contact Info: [email protected] https://www.linkedin.com/in/dustinreybrouck/ Credits: Music by Ian Mayzak

This is the fourth of a twelve episode series called IT Without A Degree. It is the original concept that lead me to start the podcast. When I started in IT I had no degree or formal training. This isn’t the path for everyone, but it worked for me an can work for you. In this episode I explain how to move to your second IT job. Contact Info: [email protected] https://www.linkedin.com/in/dustinreybrouck/ Twitter: @sysadminshow Credits: Music by Ian Mayzak

This is the third of a 12 episode series called IT Without A Degree. It is the original concept that lead me to start the podcast. When I started in IT I had no degree or formal training. This isn’t the path for everyone, but it worked for me an can work for you. In this episode I explain how to find your first IT job. Contact Info: [email protected] https://www.linkedin.com/in/dustinreybrouck/ Twitter: @sysadminshow Credits: Music by Ian Mayzak

I had the pleasure of speaking with Michael Levan the CTO of CloudSkills.io. In this episode we talk about passion in IT and why it has been getting a bad reputation recently. Connect with Michael Website: https://cloudskills.io Podcast: https://cloudskills.fm LinkedIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaellevan My Contact Info: [email protected] https://www.linkedin.com/in/dustinreybrouck/ Credits: Music by Ian Mayzak Episode edited by Jesse Rutledge

This is the second of a 12 episode series called IT Without A Degree. It is the original concept that lead me to start the podcast. When I started in IT I had no degree or formal training. This isn’t the path for everyone, but it worked for me an can work for you. In this episode I cover what steps you should take as soon as you decide you want to go into IT. Contact Info: [email protected] https://www.linkedin.com/in/dustinreybrouck/ Credits: Music by Ian Mayzak

This is the first of a 12 episode series called IT Without A Degree. It is the original concept that lead me to start the podcast. When I started in IT I had no degree or formal training. This isn’t the path for everyone, but it worked for me an can work for you. Contact Info: [email protected] https://www.linkedin.com/in/dustinreybrouck/ Credits: Music by Ian Mayzak

In this episode I give an overview of several of the IT career paths common in the IT field. The field is so vast and varied I was only able to scratch the surface here. IT SupportCall CenterCorporate Help DeskSole ProprietorMSPStorage AdminEMC/DELLNetAPP3PARNutanixDatabase AdminMSSQLOracleMySQLNetworking AdminCisco/HPE/Juniper/Palo Alto, FortinetISP, Corporate, ConsultantAWS, AzureDeveloperTraditional AppsMobile AppsWeb AppsDevOpsSecOpsCyber SecurityPEN TestingLog Review/MaintenanceDesign/ArchitectureRisk Management/Business ContinuityArchitect/Sales EngineerYears of experienceDeep product knowledgeGood interpersonal skillsPartially a sales roleIT ManagementIT ManagerOne SegmentIT DirectorMultiple business segmentsDay to day operationsCIOStrategy and leadershipIT Project ManagementInternalVAREducationBloggingYouTubePodcastingClassroomOne on oneBooksFinal ThoughtsThink about the kind of work you really want to doMake a plan for how to get thereLook at LinkedIN profiles for others with that jobStart somewhere Credits: Music by Ian Mayzak Podcast edited by Jesse Rutledge