Full Stack Journey 077: A Career Journey From Finance To InfoSec | Packet Pushers

On today’s Full Stack Journey podcast, Scott Lowe talks with Alexandria Leary who left a career as a financial advisor to break into cybersecurity. Alexandria and Scott discuss the reasons why she changed careers, and provide some information and resources useful for others who are seeking to find a career in cybersecurity. Find Alexandria on LinkedIn and see her Medium blog.

Scott and Alexandria discuss:

The role professional networking played in making her career transition and in targeting the right area
How Alexandria’s business experience (she worked in risk management) was critical in her new role
The importance of “just getting started” and not getting hit with analysis paralysis
Striving for the right balance of hands-on work in her daily job
Why it’s necessary to have a good support system, and how this can (and probably should!) tie back to your networking efforts

Alexandria touches on a wide range of resources she used during her career transition to cybersecurity; we’ve included the full list below.

Show Notes:

Learn in Public – Swyx.io

FreeCodeCamp.com

App Academy Open

ProfessorMesser.com

Security Cert Roadmap – PaulJerimy.com

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