I've worked and dealt with network security in a few different roles now. After those experiences I have no desire to have a full time security role. Based on the small sample of my direct experience, I find IT security workers in general to be uptight, negative, stubborn, and fear-mongering. Every time you went to do something it became a battle. Depending on the company business model they were either extremely rigidly controlling of the entire environment, such that new firewall rules were needed for everything single IP/port to IP/port traffic flow, or on the opposite side they had such poor security no one wanted to hear about it because fixing it would require money and/or organizational changes.
IT Security is not a fun field. As an IT professional who has a strong youthful heart I find IT security to be a soul sucking fun crushing field. I'll take a pass.
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I've worked and dealt with network security in a few different roles now. After those experiences I have no desire to have a full time security role. Based on the small sample of my direct experience, I find IT security workers in general to be uptight, negative, stubborn, and fear-mongering. Every time you went to do something it became a battle. Depending on the company business model they were either extremely rigidly controlling of the entire environment, such that new firewall rules were needed for everything single IP/port to IP/port traffic flow, or on the opposite side they had such poor security no one wanted to hear about it because fixing it would require money and/or organizational changes. IT Security is not a fun field. As an IT professional who has a strong youthful heart I find IT security to be a soul sucking fun crushing field. I'll take a pass.