What if the job you think is “just a job” is actually the experience that changes your entire career?
In this episode of the Root To CISO Podcast, Kris Rides sits down with Yonesy Nunez, to unpack the unconventional career path that took him from folding mail and teaching himself a programming language over one weekend to becoming a cybersecurity executive. Yonesy Nunez didn’t start out planning to become a CISO. He started in accounting, discovered computing, worked multiple jobs while at university, and eventually found himself in cybersecurity after a SANS conference gave him the skills to start testing what he had learned.
And if you’re wondering whether your current experience, first job or career detour actually matters, this conversation gives you plenty to think about.
🎯 In this episode, we explore:
💼Why practical cybersecurity experience can sometimes teach you what a degree or certification cannot.
📚 Why pursuing training and hands-on experience before certifications can be a good alternative
🙋 Why putting your hand up, taking ownership and actually delivering can shape your career long before you have a leadership title.
🤝 How leadership is about building an ecosystem where other people can grow, contribute and succeed
If you’re starting out in cybersecurity, trying to break into the industry, wondering whether experience matters more than another certification, or thinking about your eventual path into cybersecurity leadership, there’s something in this conversation that may change how you look at your next career move.
Watch/listen to the full conversation and then tell us: what’s one opportunity you almost overlooked that ended up changing your career?
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