The Bid Picture with Bidemi Ologunde 111: Bridgette Boody.
In this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde spoke with Bridgette Boody, a good friend and former colleague. She shared the interestingly long route she took to transition into cybersecurity from her days of dealing poker. She started by attending physical security talks at NolaCon, an infosec conference, in 2016, then she volunteered at several cybersecurity conferences such as BSides, The Diana Initiative, and others. Later on, she tried her hands on data science and compliance internships in the Tampa area. In 2019, she signed up for a 9-week tuition-free cybersecurity training called New Skills for a New Fight, which was organized by the University of South Florida and The Florida Center for Cybersecurity, also known as Cyber Florida.
She also talked about how her soft skills have played a significant role in her current position in terms of effective and direct communication; how her feelings of self-doubt and impostor syndrome are actually very common, and what she has been doing about them since she started her current role, such as having helpful and supportive people around. She also shared the interaction between her education and experience, how she motivates herself using self-affirmations and calming music, what a typical workday looks like, including the fact that nothing is mundane, some advice for anyone trying to get into cybersecurity, and some of her favorite things to do outside of work.
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