For starters I'm a networking and administration stream student currently on my final year at uni. I've always been the type of nosy person to jump into things when stuff stops working and have been tech savvy which is one of the main reasons why I ended up switching from programming to networking.
Overall the subjects have been great.. throughout the years we've had a lot of exposure to different technologies.
Mainly:
Using these technologies was great.. but nowadays I find myself thinking to myself especially when I browse forums like these. How knowledgeable am I really in my subject, I get good grades but in the end what does it reflect on my understanding of the subject. Not much except that im able to memorize notes for exams. Compared to most people I talk to and see online are way better in every aspect.
Also since now I'm practically at the end of my university course I've come to the realization that after all these years of learning how networks are built how they function and also setting up of infrastructure. How much will I actually be doing all this since most networks are already up and running.
Personally now I've had an opportunity in the summer where I was accepted for a summer internship at one of the major ISP's in my country which has now been renewed for winter. The job is focused on security mainly monitoring of all the security infrastructure deployed by the company. Which raises the question..
Is there any future in the Security Field IT wise? As of this moment they are really focusing on trying to make people learn the security stream at the company but whenever I look for job openings elsewhere I barely see any Job positions security wise. I'm afraid this might become an issue down the line even if I would want to switch to a different job position as I'd have no experience on proper sys admin or net eng tasks.
thankyou
Overall the subjects have been great.. throughout the years we've had a lot of exposure to different technologies.
Mainly:
- Win Server
- Mysql
- PFSense
- GNS3
- Packet Tracer
- Linux/Ubuntu Server
- PRTG
- VSphere
- gcp, aws
Using these technologies was great.. but nowadays I find myself thinking to myself especially when I browse forums like these. How knowledgeable am I really in my subject, I get good grades but in the end what does it reflect on my understanding of the subject. Not much except that im able to memorize notes for exams. Compared to most people I talk to and see online are way better in every aspect.
Also since now I'm practically at the end of my university course I've come to the realization that after all these years of learning how networks are built how they function and also setting up of infrastructure. How much will I actually be doing all this since most networks are already up and running.
Personally now I've had an opportunity in the summer where I was accepted for a summer internship at one of the major ISP's in my country which has now been renewed for winter. The job is focused on security mainly monitoring of all the security infrastructure deployed by the company. Which raises the question..
Is there any future in the Security Field IT wise? As of this moment they are really focusing on trying to make people learn the security stream at the company but whenever I look for job openings elsewhere I barely see any Job positions security wise. I'm afraid this might become an issue down the line even if I would want to switch to a different job position as I'd have no experience on proper sys admin or net eng tasks.
thankyou
