State of Cybercrime

Hacking Through School: College Cybersecurity Jobs with Nick Godshall

State of Cybercrime

Show Notes

Not everyone with a job in cybersecurity is a professional hacker. Nick is a mechanical engineering student at UCLA who also presents on one of the largest infosec channels on YouTube and writes his own security tools.

We discuss how students can get started in cybersecurity jobs without committing to a cybersecurity career, and the ways an infosec background has made getting job offers easier.

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