#85 Q&A: I Chose Higher Pay Over Stability... Here’s What It Cost Me
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#85 Q&A: I Chose Higher Pay Over Stability... Here’s What It Cost Me

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 18, 202634 min
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Is higher pay worth sacrificing stability, purpose, and peace of mind? In this cybersecurity Q&A episode, I share why leaving the Air Force for higher-paying private-sector cybersecurity work came with tradeoffs I did not fully appreciate at the time. I also answer whether government and public-sector cybersecurity jobs offer better job satisfaction, explain how to ethically tailor your LinkedIn job title to match the work you actually perform, discuss my updated cloud certification plan as a Cloud Security Engineer, and lay out a practical beginner penetration testing roadmap using TryHackMe, CompTIA PenTest+, TCM Security certifications, and more. Whether...

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Welcome to the hackers cache that shows you cross the secrets of cyber security one bite at a time. I'm your host Kaiser Clark. And in this episode, I have another q amp a episode for you where you the viewer slash listener asked questions and I answer them here on the hackers cache podcast to submit questions, literally just drop a comment on any video. And if it's a good question, or if it's one of the better questions, I will feature it here on the podcast on one of my Q&A episodes, which happen roughly once a month is what I'm aiming for. So, further ado, let's go ahead and dive into the first question. So, the first question is very simple.

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Someone had asked, so no cloud search. And this, to give you some context, this is a question that was put on the last episode where I was talking about how certifications doesn't automatically evolve your cybersecurity career, especially if you're someone like me

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with like 19 certifications later in your career, more certifications doesn't necessarily help you as much as they do in your early career. And early career, they definitely absolutely help you out.

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