The Bid Picture with Bidemi Ologunde 84: Jacob Penovich.
In this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde spoke with Jacob Penovich, a friend, colleague, and fellow cybersecurity professional. Jacob shared how he got into cybersecurity completely by accident - back in the day, he worked as a pastry chef and was even contemplating going to culinary school, but he heard about a 5-month information security boot camp and decided to go for it. He came out of that boot camp with four certifications: A+, N+, MCSE, and CCNA, and then got a tech support job with AOL as his starting point. He shared how the penetration testing subfield of cybersecurity is great for someone like him who gets bored easily, because there is always something new to learn, the skills he has learned along the way to help him stay sharp as a client-side penetration tester, such as learning to be patient, not starting off with assumptions, good communication, and so on, the way he motivates himself daily, and lots more. He shared some of his favorite books and TV shows, as well as a motivational quote by Ernest Hemingway.
You can also reach Jacob on Twitter @vodkanaut777 and Instagram @vodkanaut.
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