Post by RootNet.ir

"I want to get into cybersecurity, where do I start?" Me: Great, let's start with networking fundamentals. Them: Cool, how long — a week? Me: ...Then Linux administration. Them: I'll watch some YouTube videos this weekend. Me: Then TCP/IP, subnetting, protocols. Them: Sure, then what? Me: Then operating systems internals. Then scripting. Then databases. Then web architecture. Then cryptography basics. Then— Them: 😳 Me: —and in about 2-3 years, you'll be ready to say your first "hello world" to this field. Here's what nobody puts in the recruitment ads: Cybersecurity isn't a bootcamp you finish. It's a stack of prerequisites that never stops growing, because the moment you master one layer, the threat landscape shifts and adds another. The real breakdown of a "day in the life": → 30% reading documentation you didn't know existed yesterday → 40% debugging something that worked five minutes ago → 20% searching error messages that return three Stack Overflow posts from 2013 → 10% actually doing the thing people imagine when they picture "hacking" (Yes, that's over 100%. Welcome to the field — the math doesn't work here either.) If you're starting out: the depth isn't a barrier, it's the actual job description. Anyone who tells you there's a shortcut is selling something. What was the prerequisite that surprised you most when you got started? #CyberSecurity #InfoSec #CyberSecurityCareers #Rootnet.ir