- The question is how can you help?
You don't have experience yet,
but you are already on a journey
where you are taking certification,
you are studying or learning.
So you really need to think about,
okay, how can I contribute?
Of course, you have some knowledge in something.
You are migrating from an area.
Let's say if you are migrating from the database,
you are a database administrator,
and now you want to work with cybersecurity.
There's a lot of knowledge in database.
How can you connect those two dots?
So think about the possibilities of volunteer,
with this knowledge that you have in something
and bridging the gap to cybersecurity.
Think about projects that you can leverage your strengths,
at the same time that you fulfill your weakness
by learning something that you can even add to your resume.
Because again, many times you hear people say,
how can I get a job if I don't
have experience in cybersecurity?
This is the way to do it.
By volunteer, by partnering in projects.
Many times people need to create a V-team,
even inside of your organization.
They need a V-team, because they need
multiple people working on this project.
It is a secure project, but they need
collaboration from different stakeholders.
Be part of the V-team and contribute
with the things that you can,
and absorb the things that you don't know,
and start learning from it, right.
Because always you can claim that you participate
on this project and you can describe your roles,
and many times you start on a V-team in a very modest role,
and you evolve to something much better over time,
because you start learning more and take on different tasks.
The other way to collaborate is by reviewing
articles, papers, and books.
There is plenty of opportunities
out there to also be a reviewer.
A lot of publishers, they seek reviewers to their books.
Stay connected with people from the publishing side
so that they are aware about your work articles.
Usually companies, they do have always someone
that is writing articles.
Offer yourself to review, even if it
is from the English perspective, right?
But you're learning something,
and you are collaborating or expanding on that work.
So the other way is to volunteer, to work at conference.
Many times conference, they need people
to help during the registration,
you know, technically setting up the the booths.
Look for those things.
Again, this will add more work to you.
But all those things are investments.
And this is the way to gain the experience that you need.
So invest on those things so that you start
to introduce yourself in this area.
Networking with people.
People also see how good it is to work with you,
which is very important, right.
To be someone that people welcome, because,
look, it's so good to work with this person,
this person is so uplifting and is so collaborative.
So those attributes, attributes that you want for you.