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isnetsecforme··on Ask HN: Should I become a security engineer?
Thanks for your reply.

Can you please explain what you think differentiates someone working in netsec from security researcher? And where do you think a Security Engineer position would fit in?

Thanks for the public sector advice. Although, I think I won't be a good fit.

Thank you!

isnetsecforme··on Ask HN: Should I become a security engineer?
Thank you for your reply.

I'm not interested in getting into cryptography research since I find it too theoretical. I agree with you about how it is a small field and I think I'll have a very small chance to make a valuable contribution to anyone if I get into cryptographic research.

I think I'll follow your advice on contributing to OSS crypto projects. I've used openssl and crypto++ but I've never really contributed to a real project.

Thanks again.