Dayo: Life as a security engineer
1. Dayo: Life as a security engineer
My name is Dayo and I'm a Security Engineer at Google. I work for a team called Enterprise Infrastructure Protection, and essentially what we focus on is implementing controls to enable Googlers do their work in a secure manner. I would say my journey or my background, it's a bit non-traditional. Growing up in Nigeria, and the types of courses that I took and the types of resources that we had available to us, it's not cutting edge, and what I mean by that is we didn't have adequate opportunities or resources like laptops be able to write code eventually, right? We'll be in class and probably have like a group of four, five, six students on one computer, learning how to write code, right? It's not the best way to learn. That really challenged me in a few ways, where, one, I didn't really like writing code growing up, and two, I had to seek out other means to learn what I know now. Some of the other methods that I use to learn is just picking up on random YouTube videos or picking up books that, out of my own personal time, you know, just put in extra hours to learn what it is I'm trying to achieve. I obtained my bachelor's degree in Nigeria in computer science, and then right after my bachelor's, I landed my first real job in the industry as a network engineer. So I did things like configuring switches and routers, going to client sites to provide internet services for them. It got to a point where I felt like I needed to push myself a bit further by education, so I migrated to the United States to do my master's degree in cybersecurity, and that's where the journey in security started. Cloud is a very exciting space to be in right now. Cloud is now the new cool, right? Pretty much a lot of our resources, be it computing, storage, you know, all the things, all live in cloud, right? So the skills that you're learning from taking this certificate is really going to be beneficial to you and the company that you end up working with. As part of my continuous learning, one thing I'm actually learning about and studying right now is I'm taking a certificate in cloud security, specifically cloud cybersecurity. It's fast-growing, and cloud, especially cybersecurity in cloud, is a skill that I want to get for myself, so I'm taking a certificate just like you are to arm myself with additional knowledge to be able to thrive in that space. Learning is what has brought me to where I'm right now. Just looking back in my career over the years, I would say the main reason why I decided to keep pursuing my goals is through learning. Also, learning can definitely be life-changing. Look at me. I'm an example of that. I work with Google in Silicon Valley.2. Let's practice!
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