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Getting Hired in Cybersecurity: What Hiring Managers Actually Look For (with Orlando Padilla)

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Are you or your child interested in cybersecurity? Before spending $25K on a bootcamp, watch this conversation with an offensive security expert.

Orlando Padilla shares brutal truths about breaking into the field - from bootcamp scams to what hiring managers actually want.

In this conversation, you'll learn:

- Why expensive bootcamps often fail to deliver job placement

- How AI has completely changed tech hiring (and what to do about it)

- How a chemistry major with no CS degree got hired

- Why passion matters more than credentials in actual hiring decisions

- The free resources students can use to test if this career is right for them

If your family is navigating decisions about tech education, cybersecurity careers, or alternatives to traditional CS degrees, this conversation provides the insider perspective you need.

About Orlando Padilla:

26 years of experience. Specializing in vulnerability research, penetration testing, and security training. Former work at Northrop Grumman and founder of multiple security companies. Has trained military and government personnel at Fort Meade.

View the Family IT Guy Amazon store for my recommended family-safe products https://www.amazon.com/shop/family.it.guy

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31 episodes

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Manage episode 520425238 series 3682443
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Are you or your child interested in cybersecurity? Before spending $25K on a bootcamp, watch this conversation with an offensive security expert.

Orlando Padilla shares brutal truths about breaking into the field - from bootcamp scams to what hiring managers actually want.

In this conversation, you'll learn:

- Why expensive bootcamps often fail to deliver job placement

- How AI has completely changed tech hiring (and what to do about it)

- How a chemistry major with no CS degree got hired

- Why passion matters more than credentials in actual hiring decisions

- The free resources students can use to test if this career is right for them

If your family is navigating decisions about tech education, cybersecurity careers, or alternatives to traditional CS degrees, this conversation provides the insider perspective you need.

About Orlando Padilla:

26 years of experience. Specializing in vulnerability research, penetration testing, and security training. Former work at Northrop Grumman and founder of multiple security companies. Has trained military and government personnel at Fort Meade.

View the Family IT Guy Amazon store for my recommended family-safe products https://www.amazon.com/shop/family.it.guy

  continue reading

31 episodes

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