I'm Taking the Plunge into the World of Cybersecurity.
Let's get the intro stuff out of the way. Like any good blog, the recipe is at the bottom. Who even am I? Hey there, I'm Katheryn (or Kathy, I'm not super picky)! I've just gotten my dream job, and I thought it might be fun to share my journey into the world of Cybersecurity. Not in retrospect, or by highlighting only my big wins, but by being open and honest about the experience. So let's start with a little background. I started my career in Customer Service. You name it, I’ve done it. Everything from serving enchiladas to building an online support team from the ground up. After twenty years, I decided to make the traditional “Millennial in their late 30s” career change. I packed up my wife and dogs for a cross-country adventure and attended the Coding Bootcamp at Georgia Tech. There, I spent a rather frustrating, but somehow also fun (?) six months creating things, starting with this simple wireframe using HTML and CSS: So very grey and texty And Building my w...