Quote Originally Posted by nihil
Sure, but that is where the bucks are?

Look to the future?.... in the next 10 years these self-glorifying "pen testers" will be as obsolete as dinosaurs...... right now they are little better than script kiddies............

Ask them what they have designed and written themselves.........?

Take some advice from an old fart?...... only bad management leaves a foul taste?
I meant, I tried managment (albeit with one of the most nightmarish HR situations, insubordination I wasn't allowed to address, and team of poorly performing employees that eventually got fired...)... and I didn't like it. I don't deal well with repetitive stupid questions, people not coming in... Etc. ... I think I could like management in a more professional atmosphere and more experince on my side... I work in collections right now , and it seems anything goes. I miss some of the professional atmospheres I've been in.


So in reference to the Forensics, you're telling me they are "script kiddies"? Crime and computers I thought would be a growing field, highly in demand. The pay for your knowledge can be high, $150 to UP to $450 an hour is what one article said.... this however is the premium for a highly renowned expert.

I want to do something challenging, and the cybercrime/forensic side seems like a foothold into computer security, that I could work and still make pretty good money. Am I completely wrong here? Help me out, remember you guys are the experined ones, thats why I came to you. I like the idea of a computers and crime (fighting crime that is )

Thanks!