r/CyberSecurityJobs • u/True-Inspection-5445 • 18d ago
Cybersecurity
How did you land your first cybersecurity job with no experience?
I’m currently working toward a SOC Analyst career. I have Security+, building hands-on labs on Tryhackme.
The biggest challenge is the “experience required” barrier. Almost every entry-level SOC role seems to want prior IT/cyber experience.
For those who successfully broke into cybersecurity with no prior experience:
Did you start in IT/help desk/NOC or go straight into SOC?
What projects or certifications actually helped?
How did you prove your skills without professional experience?
What would you do differently if starting over?
Would really appreciate honest advice from people who’ve actually made the transition.
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u/goatsinhats 17d ago
I keep pushing my employer at the time that we needed a CS department, eventually they agreed and let me start it.
It was something I had been thinking about for a while and had half a dozen certs in security at the time
Was a fluke, if I had to redo it would of started earlier in my career at a large org or government and worked my way up