College is for Chumps
Skimming over the SANS Salary Survey, it turns out that for 2005, a Bachelor's Degree ever-so-slightly depresses one's salary in the IT security field; statistically, degrees have no impact on salary.
This is pretty interesting, if completely expected. Over the last year, I went through roughly three interview cycles here at TippingPoint, and from that experience, I can say that having a degree didn't make a lick of difference when applying for entry/middle-position engineering work. Maybe it did for the HR screeners, but actually knowing what's going on in today's Internet security strata is far more useful to day-to-day performance than coursework and labs.
Also expected is the finding that IT certifications have a huge impact on starting salary. Somewhat frustrating is the continued dominance of the CISSP.
This is pretty interesting, if completely expected. Over the last year, I went through roughly three interview cycles here at TippingPoint, and from that experience, I can say that having a degree didn't make a lick of difference when applying for entry/middle-position engineering work. Maybe it did for the HR screeners, but actually knowing what's going on in today's Internet security strata is far more useful to day-to-day performance than coursework and labs.
Also expected is the finding that IT certifications have a huge impact on starting salary. Somewhat frustrating is the continued dominance of the CISSP.
posted by todb at 1:05 PM
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