9 Achieving success

This chapter covers

  • Recognizing and overcoming challenges to career success in cybersecurity
  • Setting long-term goals and building a progressive strategy to achieve them
  • Pivoting from one area of cybersecurity to another
  • Taking everything you’ve learned and putting it into motion

In chapter 8, we transitioned from discussing how to land your first role in cybersecurity to addressing long-term success. We focused on one of the key challenges that cybersecurity professionals face from the earliest stages of their career journey throughout their development and beyond: impostor syndrome. However, that is only one challenge that threatens the success of your career. Because I want this guide to help enable your career for long-term ...

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