I've talked with a friend of mine who's a name in this field and my strong advice before the Internet got big and dangerous was "stay away", e.g. far too many security jobs simply existed to provide someone to blame.
Nowadays, there's got to be a lot more legitimate ones, I would think, but you should investigate this thoroughly before deciding to specialize in this field.
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I've talked with a friend of mine who's a name in this field and my strong advice before the Internet got big and dangerous was "stay away", e.g. far too many security jobs simply existed to provide someone to blame.
Nowadays, there's got to be a lot more legitimate ones, I would think, but you should investigate this thoroughly before deciding to specialize in this field.