They are a healthcare insurance company. So def not a good look to have an employee mock someone with covid.

Crazy how many times that city has been liberated.

I think you are only supposed to pick the one thing that starts with the letter “R”, which is the Railroad engine?

I regret not getting an integrated dehumidifier. I ended up shelling out $150 for a dehumidifier.

Don’t they put people in a medically induced coma when they intubate them because they will gag the whole time?

I have been eyeing the weber smokefire. Do you think it is better than the rec teq 590?

The hours are reasonable. Most weeks I work 40 hours. If there is a large incident I could work a 60 hour week, but then get credit for time off later. This varies by company. It is def important to ask during the interview process what kind of hours the team is working.

Sorry senior incident responder/ cloud security pays $200k. You gotta combine multiple disciplines to get to the upper income levels. The entry level positions are the SOC analysts.

I work for a large finance company. The salary is standard at the large banks and tech companies.

SOC - Security Operations Center.

IAM checks are more of a help desk job. Here is a job posting for more senior level position which should pay around $175-$220. https://g.co/kgs/ks5vxN

Easiest way to transition from accounting from IT work is to get IT certs like CISA and CISSP then do IT audit work while continuing to accumulate IT certs and experience. Low level AWS certs are easy to get too. Try to get the certs on the company dime and time.

Do IT audit. The pay is a lot bette.

Agreed. The benefits are also terrible.

NP. Pitch it as a rotational assignment for better interdepartment collaboration and staff development.

Agreed. That is why I got out of accounting. I couldn’t believe the hours people work. It really takes the shine off the pay.

IT audit work is a good way to make the transition.

I had a job offer from a large bank for a while back and it was $220k. I am staying put bc I get a pension at my current job and 7% match.

I do IT security work now. I did computer forensics, Malware analysis, and Incident response for about 5 yrs. Now I focus on AWS security. The only time I was able to marry the two disciplines was when I did IT audit work of financial systems. Now I never use my accounting background.

Our entry level SOC analyst start at about $90k. A senior level Analyst can make around $200k.

That is terrible.

I gradually completely switched over. With accounting It seemed like you could only make more by being in charge of more people. Plus the hours were crazy. With IT work you can make more by learning more.

I started acquiring certs on the company dime that were sort of compliance related such as - CISA, CISSP. Then I got a job in the information security dept and got a masters in IT mgmt while continuing to get certs for other info sec related disciplines - GCFE, GCFA, GWAPT, GREM. Now I focus heavy on AWS. That is where the real money is.

I used to do pub accounting. I am still a CPA. I switched over to IT sec about 6 yrs ago. Best decision I ever made.

IT Security with AWS focus

Only way to really know is to get some estimates as it is diff in each locality. Materials are cheap the labor is expensive.

Candles are super dangerous.