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| Source |  AlienVault Blog |
|---|---|
| Identifiant | 763687 |
| Date de publication | 2018-08-02 13:00:00 (vue: 2018-08-02 17:01:30) |
| Titre | Standing Out as an Information Security Student |
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As students, we get told that college is enough to land us anything we want, I can honestly say from my experience, that was not the case at all. I grew up in a household where education will land you where you want, and you don’t need to be external with the system, so I assumed as long as I have a good GPA to show, any company would want me. You don’t have to do exactly what I did. Honestly, I advise you not to, and you’ll see why. Instead, use this as awareness that you shouldn’t just allow your classes to speak for you and you should get ahead while you have time. I’m going to explain a little about my background in education and then dive into what I did during my 3rd year of university to make me go from being declined from every position I apply for, to having a table full of internship offers that were from many different sides of business, including the medical field.
My Educational Background
I started university at a school that focused on the offensive side of security, I finished 2 years then decided to travel to a different city to attend a new university that titles me as a cybersecurity engineer, so I started to focus on the defensive side of security.
Note that this university has a cybersecurity program that is very well known in the state, that’s why I transferred. So 3rd year hit, I figured it was getting close to start applying for internships for the upcoming summer. I felt like I needed to finally enter this field, 3 years of being JUST a student is enough. I want to finally have a title I loved in the real world.
How it started
It got close to winter break, so I decided to start applying for 2018 summer internships. I felt pretty confident, 3.98 GPA, engineering school, strong courses, and a good university. Unfortunately, this is where it started, decline after decline, not even getting past the first stage prior to interviewing. It felt like not a single company wanted me and I was becoming more and more destroyed after each "We regret to inform you" letter. I felt like the past 3 years have been a waste.
Okay, decline after decline, it’s clearly my fault, I’m doing something wrong, but what? My GPA is really good, I don’t understand why I’m not even getting past the first stage, I felt weak and unimpressive. I opened up my resume and really started looking at it. I tried looking at it from a professional perspective, if I was hiring this student, what am I looking for? Then I noticed it, I’m just a student, I noticed all I have to show was a number (my GPA), and courses I’m required to take for my field, that’s it. I had no other way to show who I AM, other than my resume representing that I am a college student. There was no information about ME, WHAT I LIKE, WHAT I DO, NOTHING.
The 4-month long journey
That’s when I really freaked out, I want so much in life yet all I’ve been is a student that doesn’t work on my career outside of school. Book after book, I’ve been a student, I never really introduced myself to this field, to my future, and to who I want to be. All I’ve been doing is listening to my professors teach me, rather than also teach myself. So, I did the only thing I felt like I needed to do, time to play catch up and get ahead. During school, for 4 months, I began doing side project after side project. This was fun yet destroying my mental and physical health, I slept on average 2-4 hours a night (7 nights a week) on my couch right next to my computer just to get up and continue. I didn’t eat much, didn’t see my family much, barely socialized, and didn’t care to go to some of my classes. A few projects I’ll say I was doing were created/solved cryptography puzzles, built a self-driving car, research |
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