Getting a Tech Job With No Qualifications

[@Marclll420]

Who's here because of Crumb?

[@onwuemeka]

Yeah, Crumb brought me here! From Nigeria...

[@igopstalk8707]

100%

[@angeloireland576]

Yep.

[@jatiquep5543]

Me

[@M_A_R_I_N_E785]

Me

[@VinceP420]

I watched your story recently. Congrats for what you have done. A giant thank you to your mum for raising a great man!

[@nishali3343]

me too

[@its-hai]

damn you Vinny…

[@jojokob5182]

I'm here thanks to Crumb, and that's a huge thanks! I'm currently doing a pentester/SOC engineer course, seeing your story and now finding this vid really set a fire under me. I already have some simple code and documentation for it that I can post online, and I'm gonna implement as many as your tips as I can. I mean, what kind of pentester would I be if I just knocked on HR's door like everyone, right? I'm confident in my communications skills and my cyber skill is improving quickly, I'm hereby setting a goal of getting a job I'm content at, and one day shaking your hand at a convention.

[@xylexrayne8576]

As someone who has had a similar path, this is incredibly accurate and helpful. Thank you for this Markus, it's going to help a lot of people.

[@marios3202]

"Wish Lex Luther" is wild, and goes hard as fuck 😂😂😂

[@UnixGuy]

Preach! You should see the amount of personal attacks that I got when I said people should focus on practical skills and building a porfolio instead of doing CISSP and CCNA 😅

[@TaytayteamTaytay]

You give me a lot of hopefulness and motivation to be able to do all this. Unfortunately, my medical condition makes any work near impossible to do including the tedious task of posting on social media and whatnot, as it is extremely overwhelming and creates a VERY unhealthy lifestyle for me which I cannot do, but you give me hope since I can instead have it automated and much easier and simpler to do but I have to make it and my development and learning of this will be a great start for me. Thanks

[@dexlovesgames_dlg]

Excellent video, thanks

[@ameeagle7]

Haha yeah. Following your exact path would make me... wanna cry... 😅😂 In all seriousness, though, thanks for this simple video. It was a good reminder for me. I've been pursuing work entirely the wrong way without success.

[@CurlyWealth]

Love your channel keep going!!

[@Dante-y3s8g]

This was really helpful 💕

[@deetemi-tayo3299]

Love the idea. Great way to document one's journey and portfolio. Intend to follow up myself. Any recommendations for best blog hosting sites to use? Complete beginner here

[@pokemonmaster123k6]

Heyyy 🤔 how can we learn the “hacking” like to protect our own computers and protect other people as well?🤔

[@kusharora8303]

Legend sitting in front of me❤️

[@emmanuelboakye1124]

Good advice👍

[@romeprince11]

Any link to his blog? The one that got him interviews etc not the one he started after he got famous

[@robertjurkevich9109]

I've done BTLv1, Splunk SOC BossV2 and V3 and can't get a shit. Pass all interview stages and get decline email from HR at the end. Da f!

[@RicomSonuy]

Excellent

[@tylerk2533]

We need you back on twitch coach

[@bricegyebre9796]

was exactly looking for a video on this topic and, as luck would have it...

[@Darius404]

When is the next livestream?

[@stón_1]

Gold advice here

[@jolt06]

I got a junior pentesting job with only a masters in cyber security. It can be done.

[@KooShnoo]

Fax

[@VF-V4N1LLA]

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[@usget]

Wish Lex Luthor 🤣

[@elhoussainedakkour]

Is that guy who save the world from virus wannacry

[@goxsec7105]

❤🧡💜

[@samuelfrancisco5849]

Me😂

[@JDR_ZA]

I still don't understand everyone's issue with Musk. I guess it's the LA / California brainwashing that creeped in.

[@MalwareTechBlog]

He’s a racist loser

[@JDR_ZA]

@@MalwareTechBlog who told you that?

[@MalwareTechBlog]

@@JDR_ZA he did with his behavior

[@JDR_ZA]

@@MalwareTechBlog You are free to love/hate him, but we should try to look at both sides and apply critical thinking before accepting the narrative of the day. This video provides a great example of the traps that one can fall into when accepting the narrative without question: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aHuboKKlhLF5grMsi=SK-kCVkuqswwdx3k

[@MalwareTechBlog]

The critical thinking is he’s a racist loser

[@johndank2209]

ain't doing all that for a 40k a year job mate.

[@ruinedbectorem2254]

5 years ago I took a decrease in pay and now over 40k above my original career salary. Invest in the future if you can. It's not for everyone especially if you have debt and family... ie I could not take the pay cut today because I have more responsibilities (golden Handcuffs)

[@kuhm3re]

find the lord Jesus christ the truth the only lord find him this is a sign find the lord he is everything live by him don’t just believe in everything is true through christ !!!!!

[@philosophical_skeptic]

It’s always a good day when malwaretech posts

[@bricegyebre9796]

Marcus Hutchins always there to save the dayy

[@BillAnt]

So basically you have to put yourself out there on social media, network with lots of people, share ideas and project, oh and a good hacking skill set helps too like writing Kronos, Wanacry, and stopping malware. ;D

[@CyberDancerDany]

Thank you for posting this. I have a BS in cybersecurity and a masters in digital forensics, as well as a blog. I recently graduated and am trying to apply for jobs as a SOC analyst or incident response and I keep on getting rejected because of my lack of experience as I work in another area of cybersecurity. I also have a blog as well. I just edited it to make it more professional. I’m gonna keep on going and not give up!

[@stonelightning8d965]

how its going? :)

[@vfclists]

What code do you have on display there?

[@Google_Does_Evil_Now]

Dany, i just looked at your KZbin channel. Nice tap dancing skills. Maybe you could make a video or two about your tech stuff which could be viewed by someone who might make you a job offer or let you know about a job you might be interested in. I wonder if there's something that would be interesting to you where you can combine dance and tech? Maybe you could create content about that. And maybe that leads to working in that area. "While there's music, moonlight, love and romance. Let's face the music, and dance!"

[@petedenton9434]

With you 100% here. As someone how has recruited staff on numerous occasions, what people can actually do and what their approach to a task is almost always trumps paper qualifications. I also agree that taking an unconventional route through parts of the recruitment process can be great - as long as your unconventional route relates to the job!

[@rogergreenwood1536]

Back in the day it was said "it's not what you know, it's who you know". I guess we now have to update that to "it's who you follow, and who follows you". There are no shortcuts, spot on Marcus.

[@shinmentakez0]

Your posts are one of the pleasures in my daily life.

[@crizioclips]

Thank you for your service. that's coming from a infantry veteran

[@moussadoucoure5040]

Respect from Mali! I am a brand new student of cyber security, teaching myself python and linux...It's awesome to see you do cool stuff now after all that happenned (I just got done watching that video about you)...Inspirational stuff guy! If only I knew half of what you do, I'm sure I'd be rich...Maybe in time...Bro, pray for me, and be some wind at my back ( and you already are by posting these videos)...Though you are probably very busy, I'd love to be in touch with you...Way to be a legend!

[@LoneWolf-ro4hn]

Teach us reverse engineering plz!!

[@JmakOg]

I'm an IT director for local government. I started as an intern with government and every year I went job to job ended up working for Amazon and the experience was more valuable than any degree i would have gotten. no school, no certs and i'm a director. Job hopping for tech is amazing!

[@TheStevenWhiting]

0:20 Yep. I did IT college course back in the 90s at Uxbridge and then Kingston Uni (just finishing off HND). Then didn't work in IT for 7 years. So by the time I got into IT work all my knowledge was dead and I'd never done AD because it didn't exist when at college. How did I get a job? Luck. Got a IT job at NHS building and rolling out PCs because they were desperate and got hired as a temp. Then learnt most of my knowledge from there for 3 years, then moved on to other 2nd line roles. Never had a cert and still don't.

[@Starfishcentral]

Any advice you could give please on how to generate interest in my KZbin channel and how to grow it? Thank you.

[@Slow_PEV]

Absolute legend. You can write a book and do the audio many of us love you enough to buy and listen to it.

[@allmusicplays]

Just learned about and watched your story you're incredible Marcus im so glad you were able to resolve everything, and save the technological world from the wannacry worm virus.

[@dogstar5572]

GCHQ pulled the rug on you. No respect for them. They should have helped you. Have you sold the movie/tv rights yet?

[@CantMakeThisUp100]

I'm about to put some of my small dollars into your discord. Word. Bro

[@Matt-df6hz]

In 18 years I've never done a single certification, and not had a day off since I left college with a double award a-level in ICT, which as you mentioned didn't really mean anything. There is no such thing as self-taught, you were taught how to do what you do by reading the resources you read, you might have carried out experiments but you would not have been able to do them without first reading what others curated, so in essence you were taught by others, you weren't self-taught. GCHQ pays peanuts, god knows how they are attracting talent, they wouldn't be my first choice of company to apply for, especially since their own servers are insecure...

[@bruqwits332]

Your story was incredible blessing to you

[@LimeAnims]

Step one: save the entire world

[@brentwaits954]

Marcus, i jist watched a documentary about you. Crazy story

[@UnfiItered]

Dude signed up for GCHQ but got betrayed by GCHQ, gg.

[@NarutoUzumaki-vc4wy]

wtf he has a youtube? the legend himself? or am i tripping??

[@Bonnbon8]

So basically become the main character.

[@Samasama02]

thank you this is really helpful.

[@wisly7153]

Why don’t you use Twitter anymore?

[@jamesdrummond7684]

Wish Lex Luthor, assumedly

[@nelsongraham108]

Lots to think about.

[@EuroJorrå]

Please make a valorant/cs2 anticheat😂

[@omniufo7350]

I have the same lamp just in Bronze.

[@JayDontTry]

Bro post more Pleaseee!

[@eurafrican85]

I may or may not have a crush on you

[@IamJohnKelly]

Fact

[@KorinneMJackman]

Brilliant advice! Thanks!

[@rakly3473]

Everything you say is true and good advice, but I genuinely hate social media. The only one I use is this one, KZbin, for it's content. There simply is nothing I want to post on social media. Probably because I also don't care nor read any one else's. Some I don't even understand what they are for. I'm not saying I don't understand how they work, but I don't get the point of it. For example Snapchat and Facebook. It's all just random noise to me.

[@vluis217]

This is possible in the US*************** There are other countries where having a bachelors is a hard requirement, so it is super difficult to get a job without formal education.

[@hirookenji]

Just saw a video about you on Johnny Harris' video "How to Start a War With a Flash Drive". You're cool af bro.

[@tacticalmosquito6480]

"You don't have to follow my direct path, in fact I recommend you don't" Yeaaah I definitely agree with you there hahaha

[@Kasei.T]

I know this probably isn't the place to ask this, but I'd love to hear your insights on the MoveIt hack and/or the "Clop" group that claims it.

[@ralfjanser4733]

that's complete BS, the market is saturated with qualifications, you need both education and practical knowledge, there is no need for a special education but without any you'll have a hard stand in the long run, of course you can build a botnet in the age 14 but at least this will lead to problems because you lack of the the knowledge you gain by education ⚠⚠⚠for all: there is no way to fast money, it is always a hard and long way, even for the bad ones. The best way is to prepare yourself for this 50 years by having a usefull foundation. It is always a mistake to beliefe in shit just because it is something you like to hear - Marcus, better inform the people about the mistakes you've made in this case, better tell the truth and no nonsense

[@MalwareTechBlog]

Please stop commenting your idiocy on all my videos or you're going to be blocked.

[@mamos69420]

Bro doesn't know who this guy is and what he has done

[@loneventhorizon]

Dude. Thanks.

[@Pink_Invader]

I recently came across your story online and since i just started my second semester on cyber-security I am starting to get interested in the area. I know in your old interviews you said you didn't feel like a hero but I really see you as a role model, somebody that is striving to do better.

[@diegoasanchez662]

I moved from finance to cybersecurity after being in that field for 15 years. It is not easy but it is possible. People from other industries have a set of skills that are not easy to find in the cybersecurity area

[@rbgtk]

Damn, been on the fence of starting a blog and accompanying KZbin channel. Pretty clear that this is the way forward for me.

[@casualamber]

another day another learning experience

[@Crftbt]

Great info! Appreciate you sharing some of your experiencing in your process. :)

[@TechnologyGeek862]

Thanks! Great tips 😄 I'll definitely need to post about my stuff more actively.

[@ReverseShell1337]

Thanks!

[@guilherme5094]

👍👍!

[@coldshadowz]

hey ik you arnt going to see this but i am a 15 year old kid and wanting to get in to this but dont want to take the wrong path you did but have done some stuff i have not been proud of. All i want to do is become a pen tester u have inspired me since the big virus sht years back even tho i was to yung to even know what that was, now that i look back at it was inspireing to me. thx for being who you are.

[@incongruous4]

I'm going to be real with you here. Tech was good during the pandemic, you could have next to no qualifications and get in and start making bank. Now the lockdowns are over and everyone has been sold this story about how you can study for 6 months and make 6 figures. It's just not like that anymore. Everyone is trying to get into tech and there just aren't enough jobs for everyone who wants one. You'll be competing with people who have computer science bachelors, certificates and experience. It's extremely competitive. If there's a will, there's a way but you will have to work extremely hard and get a very lucky break. Basically, there was a boom period for 2 years where tech was amazing to get into, now it's the bust period where the job market sucks. KZbinrs are still pretending like the job market is booming for views. Healthcare and trades are booming right now I would look into them before committing. It will be much much easier to get into those industries and will pay more. Follow your passion but be warned

[@Pigwatch666]

Just saw you’re video I’m interested in cyber security

[@martymoo]

If only I could be bothered!