Milestones

My road in life took a while to figure out.
Graduated high school. May not seem like much, but after 3 high schools, it was a big achievement.
Joined the Marine Corps. The discipline, skills, and relationships I gained are invaluable.
Internships! Two years while supporting a family! Talk about tight money & time.
Finally landed a job! But it was at a small company with their own issues.
Landed a dream job! Finally started to feel the return of my hard work!
Only the beginning, now working towards even bigger and better things.

Career

Senior Consultant

Deploy and integrate the leading cybersecurity product into a majority of the Fortune 2000.

Career Roadmap

Roadmap
My work combines:
My work combines:
Engineering
Travel
Learning / Being Challenged

Day to Day

No two days are alike! I work with many different customers, so every week is a new challenge, new faces, new places. The core of solving problems with our products and helping customers learn and use those products remains the same though.

Advice for Getting Started

Here's the first step for college students

Conferences & competitions & hacker communities. Internships. School clubs. All good ways to get started.

Recommended Education

My career is related to what I studied. I'd recommend the path I took:

Hurdles

The Noise I Shed

"Not so much discouragement, but people did not want to help me learn. It is the culture of the industry to force newcomers to learn on their own. Though invaluable, it is incredibly challenging. "