http://infosecplace.com/blog/2006/08/23/some-transition-happening/ Commentary on the State of Information Security Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:22:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://infosecplace.com/blog/2006/08/23/some-transition-happening/comment-page-1/#comment-623 An Information Security Place » Blog Archive » My transition explained Sat, 02 Sep 2006 21:04:29 +0000 http://infosecplace.com/blog/2006/08/23/some-transition-happening/#comment-623 [...] I posted a few days back about some transition going on with me.  So, I got some ’splainin’ to do. Well, here it is. I am changing jobs. I know, what’s the big deal? But this is more than a job change for me.  The last few years as an Information Security Manager have made me realize that the technical side of my job, though still a good part of what I do, is starting to fade into the background. As I get more and more resources in place and grow the security infrastructure, I am starting to focus more and more on personnel manangement and security maintenance, with the project and technical work becoming much less frequent.  Basically, my skills is sufferin’.  And they are suffering at a time in my life where I just can’t afford it.  I am only 34 years old (today, in fact - happy B-day to me!!), so I thin the move into management is not there for me yet.  Maybe it will never be there, but I know it is not the time now. So, I decided to make a change. I wanted a job where I would get to see different technologies and get to be a lot more technical. However, I wanted to stay in security and not go out into another technical job that pushed me back into network engineering. So, I started looking a while back to see what was out there.  I did not put a lot of effort into it.  I figured if it was supposed to happen, then it would happen. [...] [...] I posted a few days back about some transition going on with me.  So, I got some ’splainin’ to do. Well, here it is. I am changing jobs. I know, what’s the big deal? But this is more than a job change for me.  The last few years as an Information Security Manager have made me realize that the technical side of my job, though still a good part of what I do, is starting to fade into the background. As I get more and more resources in place and grow the security infrastructure, I am starting to focus more and more on personnel manangement and security maintenance, with the project and technical work becoming much less frequent.  Basically, my skills is sufferin’.  And they are suffering at a time in my life where I just can’t afford it.  I am only 34 years old (today, in fact – happy B-day to me!!), so I thin the move into management is not there for me yet.  Maybe it will never be there, but I know it is not the time now. So, I decided to make a change. I wanted a job where I would get to see different technologies and get to be a lot more technical. However, I wanted to stay in security and not go out into another technical job that pushed me back into network engineering. So, I started looking a while back to see what was out there.  I did not put a lot of effort into it.  I figured if it was supposed to happen, then it would happen. [...]

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